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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2025

Genotype-dependent response to water deficit: increases in maize cell wall digestibility occurs through reducing both p-coumaric acid and lignification of the rind.

Ana López-Malvar, Oscar Main, Sophie Guillaume, Marie-Pierre Jacquemot, Florence Meunier, Pedro Revilla, Rogelio Santiago, Valerie Mechin, Matthieu Reymond

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Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Ana López-MalvarFacultad de Biología, Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ciencias del Suelo, Agrobiología Ambiental, Calidad de Suelos y Plantas, Universidad de Vigo, As Lagoas Marcosende, Unidad Asociada a la Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC), Vigo, Spain.
Oscar MainUniversité Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin for Plant Sciences (IJPB), Versailles, France.
Sophie GuillaumeUniversité Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin for Plant Sciences (IJPB), Versailles, France.
Marie-Pierre JacquemotUniversité Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin for Plant Sciences (IJPB), Versailles, France.
Florence MeunierUnité Expérimentale DiaScope, INRAE, Mauguio, France.
Pedro RevillaDepartamento de Producción Vegetal, Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC), Pontevedra, Spain.
Rogelio SantiagoDepartamento de Producción Vegetal, Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC), Pontevedra, Spain.
Valerie MechinUniversité Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin for Plant Sciences (IJPB), Versailles, France.
Matthieu ReymondUniversité Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin for Plant Sciences (IJPB), Versailles, France.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: The compositional dynamics of the cell wall are influenced by drought, and it has been demonstrated that water deficit induces significant changes in its main components. Moreover, changes in cell wall concentration and distribution in response to water deficit affect maize degradability. Material and methods: This study presents a histological and biochemical analysis of thirteen maize inbred lines, evaluated over two years in Pobra de Brollón (Spain) and Mauguio (France) under contrasting water availability conditions. Our aim was to investigate the environmental and genotypic impacts on histological and biochemical profiles, to assess in vitro cell wall digestibility under water deficit, and to explore how these responses relate to changes in cell wall composition and structure. Results and discussion: Overall, we observed greater concentrations of

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cell wall digestibilitydrought, maizehistologylignificationp-coumaric acid

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PMCPMC12098441

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