ArticlePlant physiology2014
Genetic Determinants for Enzymatic Digestion of Lignocellulosic Biomass Are Independent of Those for Lignin Abundance in a Maize Recombinant Inbred Population.
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- Association of gene expression with syringyl to guaiacyl ratio in sugarcane lignin.Plant molecular biology · 2021Article
- Association mapping for maize stover yield and saccharification efficiency using a multiparent advanced generation intercross (MAGIC) population.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Redesigning plant cell walls for the biomass-based bioeconomy.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2020Review
- Association mapping identifies quantitative trait loci (QTL) for digestibility in rice straw.Biotechnology for biofuels · 2020Article
- Expression profiles of cell-wall related genes vary broadly between two common maize inbreds during stem development.BMC genomics · 2019Article
- Glycome and Proteome Components of Golgi Membranes Are Common between Two Angiosperms with Distinct Cell-Wall Structures.The Plant cell · 2019Article
- Quantitative trait loci mapping in hybrids between Dent and Flint maize multiparental populations reveals group-specific QTL for silage quality traits with variable pleiotropic effects on yield.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2019Article
- Evolution of the Cell Wall Gene Families of Grasses.Frontiers in plant science · 2019Article
- Lignocellulosic Biomass: Understanding Recalcitrance and Predicting Hydrolysis.Frontiers in chemistry · 2019Review
- A systems biology approach uncovers a gene co-expression network associated with cell wall degradability in maize.PloS one · 2019Article
- Water Deficit-Responsive QTLs for Cell Wall Degradability and Composition in Maize at Silage Stage.Frontiers in plant science · 2019Article
- Genes and gene clusters related to genotype and drought-induced variation in saccharification potential, lignin content and wood anatomical traits in Populus nigra.Tree physiology · 2018Article
- Genetic loci simultaneously controlling lignin monomers and biomass digestibility of rice straw.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Carbohydrate microarrays and their use for the identification of molecular markers for plant cell wall composition.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017Article
- Genetic and Quantitative Trait Locus Analysis of Cell Wall Components and Forage Digestibility in the Zheng58 × HD568 Maize RIL Population at Anthesis Stage.Frontiers in plant science · 2017Article
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Abstract
Biotechnological approaches to reduce or modify lignin in biomass crops are predicated on the assumption that it is the principal determinant of the recalcitrance of biomass to enzymatic digestion for biofuels production. We defined quantitative trait loci (QTL) in the Intermated B73 × Mo17 recombinant inbred maize (Zea mays) population using pyrolysis molecular-beam mass spectrometry to establish stem lignin content and an enzymatic hydrolysis assay to measure glucose and xylose yield. Among five multiyear QTL for lignin abundance, two for 4-vinylphenol abundance, and four for glucose and/or xylose yield, not a single QTL for aromatic abundance and sugar yield was shared. A genome-wide association study for lignin abundance and sugar yield of the 282-member maize association panel provided candidate genes in the 11 QTL of the B73 and Mo17 parents but showed that many other alleles impacting these traits exist among this broader pool of maize genetic diversity. B73 and Mo17 genotypes exhibited large differences in gene expression in developing stem tissues independent of allelic variation. Combining these complementary genetic approaches provides a narrowed list of candidate genes. A cluster of SCARECROW-LIKE9 and SCARECROW-LIKE14 transcription factor genes provides exceptionally strong candidate genes emerging from the genome-wide association study. In addition to these and genes associated with cell wall metabolism, candidates include several other transcription factors associated with vascularization and fiber formation and components of cellular signaling pathways. These results provide new insights and strategies beyond the modification of lignin to enhance yields of biofuels from genetically modified biomass.
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