The bio-based economy relies on sustainable, plant-derived resources for fuels, chemicals,
materials, food and feed rather than on the evanescent usage of fossil resources. The …

Stem cell populations in meristematic tissues at distinct locations in the plant body provide
the potency of continuous plant growth. Primary meristems, at the apices of the plant body …

The woody stems of trees perceive gravity to determine their orientation, and can produce
reaction woods to reinforce or change their position. Together, graviperception and reaction …

The bulk of a plant's biomass, termed secondary cell walls, accumulates in woody xylem
tissues and is largely recalcitrant to biochemical degradation and saccharification. By …

The use of willow plantations can be a sustainable approach for treating primary municipal
wastewater, potentially reducing both the environmental and economic burdens associated …

Plant cellulose is synthesized by a large plasma membrane‐localized cellulose synthase
(CesA) complex. However, an overall functional determination of secondary cell wall (SCW) …

Non-cellulosic polysaccharides constitute approximately one third of usable woody biomass
for human exploitation. In contrast to cellulose, these substances are composed of several …

In Populus, the transcripts of fasciclin-like arabinogalactan proteins (FLAs) are accumulated
in tension wood (TW) xylem, however their biological functions in TW formation are largely …

Polyploidy is a common observation in the genus Salix, including some of the shrub willow
species currently being bred as a potential bioenergy feedstock. Breeding of shrub willow …

Tension wood (TW) is a specialized xylem tissue formed in angiosperm trees under
gravitational stimulus or mechanical stresses (eg, bending). The genetic regulation that …