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Combining enhanced biomass density with reduced lignin level for improved forage quality.

Plant biotechnology journal - 1 Mar 2016

Gallego-Giraldo Lina, Shadle Gail, Shen Hui, Barros-Rios Jaime, Fresquet Corrales Sandra, Wang Huanzhong, Dixon Richard A

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To generate a forage crop with increased biomass density that retains forage quality, we have genetically transformed lines of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) expressing antisense constructs targeting two different lignin pathway biosynthetic genes with a construct for down-regulation of a WRKY family transcription factor that acts as a repressor of secondary cell wall formation in pith tissues. Plants with...

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PMID: 26190611
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12439
PMCID: PMC11388942

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