Progress has been made toward understanding the biosynthesis and modifications of the
cellulose and the hemicellulose/pectin matrix of woody cell walls (and hence wood …

Wood formation is a complex biological process, involving five major developmental steps,
including (1) cell division from a secondary meristem called the vascular cambium,(2) cell …

It is increasingly recognized that macro-organisms (corals, insects, plants, vertebrates)
consist of both host tissues and multiple microbial symbionts that play essential roles in their …

The transcription factor MYB 103 was previously identified as a member of the
transcriptional network regulating secondary wall biosynthesis in xylem tissues of A …

Marker-assisted selection holds promise for highly influencing tree breeding, especially for
wood traits, by considerably reducing breeding cycles and increasing selection accuracy. In …

Plasma membrane, proton‐coupled Group II sucrose symporters (SUT) mediate apoplastic
phloem loading and sucrose efflux from source leaves in Arabidopsis and agricultural crop …

Autophagy plays an important role in plant growth and development, pathogen invasion and
modulates plant response and adaptation to various abiotic stress stimuli. The biogenesis …

An association genetics approach was used to examine individual genes and alleles at the
loci responsible for complex traits controlling lignocellulosic biosynthesis in black …

Background With its genome sequence and other experimental attributes, Populus
trichocarpa has become the model species for genomic studies of wood development. Wood …

Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), a reliable technique for
quantifying gene expression, requires stable reference genes to normalize its data …