ReviewPlant communications2022
Lignin engineering in forest trees: From gene discovery to field trials.
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- Advances in Genetic Engineering Techniques for Improved Forest Trees: Applications in Biomass, Stress Resilience and Carbon Sequestration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Factors underlying a latitudinal gradient in the S/G lignin monomer ratio in natural poplar variants.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
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- Applications of CRISPR Technologies in Forestry and Molecular Wood Biotechnology.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
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- Acetyl Bromide Method for Total Lignin Content Determination in Plant Biomass.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024Article
- Suppression of the Arabidopsis cinnamoyl-CoA reductase 1-6 intronic T-DNA mutation by epigenetic modification.Plant physiology · 2023Article
- Microparticle-mediated CRISPR DNA delivery for genome editing in poplar.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Article
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Abstract
Wood is an abundant and renewable feedstock for the production of pulp, fuels, and biobased materials. However, wood is recalcitrant toward deconstruction into cellulose and simple sugars, mainly because of the presence of lignin, an aromatic polymer that shields cell-wall polysaccharides. Hence, numerous research efforts have focused on engineering lignin amount and composition to improve wood processability. Here, we focus on results that have been obtained by engineering the lignin biosynthesis and branching pathways in forest trees to reduce cell-wall recalcitrance, including the introduction of exotic lignin monomers. In addition, we draw general conclusions from over 20 years of field trial research with trees engineered to produce less or altered lignin. We discuss possible causes and solutions for the yield penalty that is often associated with lignin engineering in trees. Finally, we discuss how conventional and new breeding strategies can be combined to develop elite clones with desired lignin properties. We conclude this review with priorities for the development of commercially relevant lignin-engineered trees.
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