Investigating maize cell wall traits to improve silage and biofuel production

Valérie Méchin (1) , Cedric Riboulet (2, 3) , Sabine Guillaumie (2, 4, 5) , Terry Molnar (3) , Yves Barrière (2)

1 UCB - Chimie Biologique
2 UGAPF - Unité de recherche Génétique et Amélioration des Plantes Fourragères
3 Pioneer Hi-Bred
4 LRSV - Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales
5 UT3 - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier

Investigating maize cell wall traits to improve silage and biofuel production

Mots clés: arabinoxylans; transcription factors; sustainable agriculture; syringyl alcohol; sinapyl alcohol; quantitative trait locus (QTL); plant breeding; peroxidasesperoxidases; p-hydroxycinnamyl alcohols; p-coumaric acid; monolignol; metabolon; neutral detergent fibre digestibility (NDFD); lignin; laccase; in vitro neutral detergent fibre digestibility (IVNDFD); genetic resources; hemicellulose; genetic engineering; feruloylation; ferulic acid; digestibility; coumaryl alcohol; coniferyl alcohol; cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD); cinnamic acid; cattle feeding; caffeic acid O-methyltransferase (COMT); caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase (CCoAOMT); bio-ethanol; maize; biofuel

Mots clés: paroi cellulaire végétale; maïs; ensilage de maïs; biocarburant; digestibilité de la paroi

Domaines: Sciences agricoles

Valérie Méchin, Cedric Riboulet, Sabine Guillaumie, Terry Molnar, Yves Barrière. Investigating maize cell wall traits to improve silage and biofuel production. Advances in maize, 3, Society for Experimental Biology, 545 p., 2011, Essential reviews in Experimental Biology, 978-1-907491-05-4. ⟨hal-01594406⟩