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SUBMITTER: Wang J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5366342 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Jianli J Ma Lichao L Shen Zhongbao Z Sun Dequan D Zhong Peng P Bai Zetao Z Zhang Hailing H Cao Yingping Y Bao Yan Y Fu Chunxiang C
Frontiers in plant science 20170327
Sheepgrass (<i>Leymus chinensis</i>) is a high-quality cool-season forage crop used as pasture and hay for livestock feeds. The presence of lignin in cell walls, however, impairs forage digestibility of such lignocellulosic feedstock. Here, the structural characterization and cell wall composition of sheepgrass internodes were studied, and a progressive increase in cell wall lignification was observed with internode maturation. Lignin composition analysis further revealed a gradual accumulation ...[more]