Simultaneous Downregulation of MTHFR and COMT in Switchgrass Affects Plant Performance and Induces Lesion-Mimic Cell Death

Transgenic switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) targeted for reduced recalcitrance to bioconversion: a 2-year comparative analysis of field-grown lines modified for target gene or genetic element expression

(2017) Alexandru Dumitrache et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Grass Cell Walls: A Story of Cross-Linking

(2017) Ronald D. Hatfield et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Time Course Field Analysis of COMT-Downregulated Switchgrass: Lignification, Recalcitrance, and Rust Susceptibility

(2016) Holly L. Baxter et al.   BioEnergy Research

Hybridization of downregulated-COMT transgenic switchgrass lines with field-selected switchgrass for improved biomass traits

(2016) Holly L. Baxter et al.   EUPHYTICA

Field-grown transgenic switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) with altered lignin does not affect soil chemistry, microbiology, and carbon storage potential

(2016) Jennifer M. DeBruyn et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Loss of function of folylpolyglutamate synthetase 1 reduces lignin content and improves cell wall digestibility in Arabidopsis

(2015) Avinash C. Srivastava et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

The maizebrown midrib4(bm4)gene encodes a functional folylpolyglutamate synthase

(2015) Li Li et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Two-year field analysis of reduced recalcitrance transgenic switchgrass

(2014) Holly L. Baxter et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Standardization of Switchgrass Sample Collection for Cell Wall and Biomass Trait Analysis

(2013) C. Frank Hardin et al.   BioEnergy Research

Advances in biotechnology and genomics of switchgrass

(2013) Madhugiri Nageswara-Rao et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

A Genomics Approach to Deciphering Lignin Biosynthesis in Switchgrass

(2013) H. Shen et al.   PLANT CELL

The maizebrown midrib2(bm2) gene encodes a methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase that contributes to lignin accumulation

(2013) Ho Man Tang et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Is genetic engineering ever going to take off in forage, turf and bioenergy crop breeding?

(2012) Zeng-Yu Wang et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Overexpression of miR156 in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) results in various morphological alterations and leads to improved biomass production

(2012) Chunxiang Fu et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Alteration of the Alkaloid Profile in Genetically Modified Tobacco Reveals a Role of Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase in Nicotine N-Demethylation

(2012) C.-Y. Hung et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Functional characterization of the switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) R2R3-MYB transcription factor PvMYB4 for improvement of lignocellulosic feedstocks

(2011) Hui Shen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Genetic manipulation of lignin reduces recalcitrance and improves ethanol production from switchgrass

(2011) Chunxiang Fu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Switchgrass Genome: Tools and Strategies

(2011) Michael D. Casler et al.   Plant Genome

Phenotypic plasticity in cell walls of maize brown midrib mutants is limited by lignin composition

(2010) Wilfred Vermerris et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Alteration in Lignin Biosynthesis Restricts Growth ofFusariumspp. in Brown Midrib Sorghum

(2010) Deanna L. Funnell-Harris et al.   PHYTOPATHOLOGY

Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of Switchgrass and Inheritance of the Transgenes

(2009) Yajun Xi et al.   BioEnergy Research

Primary Metabolism and Plant Defense—Fuel for the Fire

(2009) Melvin D. Bolton   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Imbalanced Lignin Biosynthesis Promotes the Sexual Reproduction of Homothallic Oomycete Pathogens

(2009) Michaël Quentin et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Expression of cell wall related genes in basal and ear internodes of silking brown-midrib-3, caffeic acid O-methyltransferase (COMT) down-regulated, and normal maize plants

(2008) Sabine Guillaumie et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Class III peroxidases in plant defence reactions

(2008) L. Almagro et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Genetic background impacts soluble and cell wall-bound aromatics in brown midrib mutants of sorghum

(2008) Nathan A. Palmer et al.   PLANTA

Net energy of cellulosic ethanol from switchgrass

(2008) M. R. Schmer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA