Enhancing monolignol ferulate conjugate levels in poplar lignin via OsFMT1

Table 2 Cell wall chemical composition of OsFMT transgenic lines and WT trees

	Arabinose	Rhamnose	Galactose	Glucose	Xylose	Mannose	Lignin (acid-insoluble)	Lignin (acid-soluble)	S/G
Line 4	0.43 ± 0.02	0.53 ± 0.01	0.94 ± 0.02	46.94 ± 0.75	20.15 ± 0.04	1.79 ± 0.13	14.93 ± 0.12	2.57 ± 0.12	2.84 ± 0.09
Line 6	0.45 ± 0.02	0.53 ± 0.01	0.89 ± 0.01	46.27 ± 0.34	20.23 ± 0.07	1.89 ± 0.03	16.11 ± 0.12	2.74 ± 0.04	3.03 ± 0.07
Line 10	0.46 < 0.01	0.54 ± 0.01	0.94 ± 0.03	47.31 ± 0.52	20.30 ± 0.28	2.41 ± 0.07	15.63 ± 0.24	2.78 ± 0.05	3.01 ± 0.05
Line 9	0.44 ± 0.02	0.57 ± 0.01	1.00 ± 0.04	46.81 ± 0.78	20.26 ± 0.50	2.02 ± 0.06	16.07 ± 0.20	2.75 ± 0.06	3.04 ± 0.25
Line 7	0.47 ± 0.01	0.50 ± 0.01	0.95 ± 0.02	48.58 ± 0.51	19.58 ± 0.15	1.81 ± 0.02	16.09 ± 0.23	2.70 ± 0.02	2.95 ± 0.09
Line 3	0.43 ± 0.02	0.46 ± 0.01	0.89 ± 0.03	46.57 ± 0.72	19.79 ± 0.22	1.39 ± 0.03	15.98 ± 0.12	3.55 ± 0.05	2.64 ± 0.07
WT	0.43 ± 0.01	0.50 ± 0.01	0.88 ± 0.02	46.36 ± 0.26	20.58 ± 0.20	2.34 ± 0.07	16.32 ± 0.11	3.84 ± 0.07	2.39 ± 0.13

Values represent the mean ± the standard error of the mean (SEM) of three biological replicates (two technical replicates of each). Bold values correspond to a statistical difference, determined via ANOVA and Dunnett’s post hoc test, P < 0.05

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