Targeting Enhanced Digestibility: Prioritizing Low Pith Lignification to Complement low p-Coumaric Acid content as environmental stress intensity increase
O. Main, A. Lopez-Malvar, F. Meunier, S. Guillaume, M.-P. Jacquemot, P.-L. Lopez-Marnet, C. Barotin, A. Marmagne, L. Cezard, S. Fargier, S. Rey, P. Larsonneau, N. Mangel, A. Uijttewaal, M. Reymond, , V. Mechin
This study investigates how water and heat stress affect forage maize digestibility, finding that stress increases cell wall digestibility through reduced p-hydroxycinnamic acid and altered lignin distribution.
bioRxiv · Apr 12, 2024Plant Biology