Cell Walls and the Developmental Anatomy of the Brachypodium distachyon Stem Internode
Abstract
While many aspects of plant cell wall polymer structure are known, their spatial and temporal distribution within the stem are not well understood. Here, we studied vascular system and fiber development, which has implication for both biofuel feedstock conversion efficiency and crop yield. The subject of this study, Brachypodium distachyon, has emerged as a grass model for food and energy crop research. Here, we conducted our investigation using B. distachyon by applying various histological approaches and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to the stem internode from three key developmental stages. While vascular bundle size and number did not change over time, the size of the interfascicular region increased dramatically, as did cell wall thickness. We also describe internal stem internode anatomy and demonstrate that lignin deposition continues after crystalline cellulose and xylan accumulation ceases. The vascular bundle anatomy of B. distachyon appears to be highly similar to domesticated grasses. While the arrangement of bundles within the stem is highly variable across grasses, B. distachyon appears to be a suitable model for the rind of large C4 grass crops. A better understanding of growth and various anatomical and cell wall features of B. distachyon will further our understanding of plant biomass accumulationmore »
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- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States); Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1904511
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0006621; FG02-08ER64700DE
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- PLoS ONE
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 1932-6203
- Publisher:
- Public Library of Science
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; vascular bundles; internodes; lignin; cellulose; inflorescences; xylem; cell walls; plant cell walls
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Matos, Dominick A., Whitney, Ian P., Harrington, Michael J., and Hazen, Samuel P. Cell Walls and the Developmental Anatomy of the Brachypodium distachyon Stem Internode. United States: N. p., 2013.
Web. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080640.
Matos, Dominick A., Whitney, Ian P., Harrington, Michael J., & Hazen, Samuel P. Cell Walls and the Developmental Anatomy of the Brachypodium distachyon Stem Internode. United States. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080640
Matos, Dominick A., Whitney, Ian P., Harrington, Michael J., and Hazen, Samuel P. Thu .
"Cell Walls and the Developmental Anatomy of the Brachypodium distachyon Stem Internode". United States. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080640. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1904511.
@article{osti_1904511,
title = {Cell Walls and the Developmental Anatomy of the Brachypodium distachyon Stem Internode},
author = {Matos, Dominick A. and Whitney, Ian P. and Harrington, Michael J. and Hazen, Samuel P.},
abstractNote = {While many aspects of plant cell wall polymer structure are known, their spatial and temporal distribution within the stem are not well understood. Here, we studied vascular system and fiber development, which has implication for both biofuel feedstock conversion efficiency and crop yield. The subject of this study, Brachypodium distachyon, has emerged as a grass model for food and energy crop research. Here, we conducted our investigation using B. distachyon by applying various histological approaches and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to the stem internode from three key developmental stages. While vascular bundle size and number did not change over time, the size of the interfascicular region increased dramatically, as did cell wall thickness. We also describe internal stem internode anatomy and demonstrate that lignin deposition continues after crystalline cellulose and xylan accumulation ceases. The vascular bundle anatomy of B. distachyon appears to be highly similar to domesticated grasses. While the arrangement of bundles within the stem is highly variable across grasses, B. distachyon appears to be a suitable model for the rind of large C4 grass crops. A better understanding of growth and various anatomical and cell wall features of B. distachyon will further our understanding of plant biomass accumulation processes.},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0080640},
journal = {PLoS ONE},
number = 11,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Thu Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2013}
}
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