Table 3 Chemical composition of cell walls isolated from wild-type and AdoMetase lines grown in the field until the soft dough stage

Glucose

302.6 (10.7)

298.1 (4.9)

286.1 (5.2)

327.7 (14.1)

336.0 (7.0)

332.6 (1.7)

Xylose

182.6 (15.2)

171.6 (4.2)

164.9 (7.8)

212.5 (1.9)

199.0 (3.3)*

202.4 (5.1)

Arabinose

25.6 (1.5)

31.3 (1.0)*

26.9 (1.1)

31.8 (2.2)

32.4 (1.8)

31.3 (0.9)

Acid-insoluble lignin

156.7 (10.6)

129.0 (1.3)*

139.3 (6.0)

145.6 (5.6)

126.5 (5.7)*

131.0 (4.4)

Acid-soluble lignin

16.2 (0.3)

17.5 (0.2)*

16.6 (0.1)

16.4 (0.1)

16.2 (0.1)

16.3 (0.2)

p-Coumarate

11.9 (2.1)

8.6 (0.8)

10.8 (0.6)

14.6 (0.9)

12.5 (1.6)

12.0 (0.9)

Ferulate

2.4 (0.5)

2.4 (0.1)

2.8 (0.2)

3.4 (0.1)

3.0 (0.4)

2.8 (0.3)

GlcA

22.3 (0.8)

31.9 (0.6)*

25.8 (0.6)*

24.2 (1.1)

26.9 (1.6)

25.7 (0.9)

4-O-MeGlcA

5.9 (0.4)

4.3 (0.2)*

4.2 (0.5)

6.1 (0.1)

5.6 (0.1)*

6.1 (0.2)