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Title: Method of altering lignin in trees

Patent ·
OSTI ID:871918

Methods of providing and breeding trees having more easily extractable lignin due to the presence of a cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (Cad) null gene are presented.

Research Organization:
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG05-92ER20085
Assignee:
North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
Patent Number(s):
US 5824842
OSTI ID:
871918
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Manipulation of lignin quality by downregulation of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase journal September 1994
Genetic analysis of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase in loblolly pine: single gene inheritance, molecular characterization and evolution journal September 1995