AtCesA8-driven OsSUS3 expression leads to largely enhanced biomass saccharification and lodging resistance by distinctively altering lignocellulose features in rice.
Chunfen FanShengqiu FengJiangfeng HuangYanting WangLeiming WuXukai LiLingqiang WangYuanyuan TuTao XiaJingyang LiXiwen CaiLiangcai PengPublished in: Biotechnology for biofuels (2017)
This study has demonstrated that the AtCesA8::SUS3 transgenic rice plants exhibited largely improved biomass saccharification and lodging resistance by reducing cellulose crystallinity and increasing cell wall thickness. It also suggests a powerful genetic approach for cell wall modification in bioenergy crops.