One of the most chronic constraints to crop production is the grain yield reduction near the
crop harvest stage by lodging worldwide. This is more prevalent in cereal crops, particularly …

Lignin is a complex aromatic biopolymer important for providing mechanical strength to the
cell wall and resistance against both biotic and abiotic stresses. It helps in plant growth by …

Lignin is a plant component with important implications for various agricultural disciplines. It
confers rigidity to cell walls, and is therefore associated with tolerance to abiotic and biotic …

There is a pressing need to improve climate-resilient crops as a consequence of
increasingly erratic climatic behavior that threatens global food security. Current scientific …

Lignins, major components of the vascular plant cell wall, provided the mechanical support
that allowed the development of upright plants adapted to a terrestrial habitat. Their …

Background Lignin is an important structural component of plant cell wall that confers
mechanical strength and tolerance against biotic and abiotic stressors; however it affects the …

Priming refers to a mechanism whereby plants are sensitized to respond faster and/or more
strongly to future pathogen attack. Here, we demonstrate that preexposure to the green leaf …

Delayed sowing mitigates lodging in wheat. However, the mechanism underlying the
enhanced lodging resistance in wheat has yet to be fully elucidated. Field experiments were …

Lignocellulosic feedstocks can be converted to biofuels, which can conceivably replace a
large fraction of fossil fuels currently used for transformation. However, lignin, a prominent …

The ascomycete Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a necrotrophic plant pathogen with an extremely
broad host range. It causes stem rot in Camelina sativa, a crucifer with great potential as an …