Wood is an abundant and renewable feedstock for the production of pulp, fuels, and
biobased materials. However, wood is recalcitrant toward deconstruction into cellulose and …

Wood is an invaluable asset to human society due to its renewable nature, making it suitable
for both sustainable energy production and material manufacturing. Additionally, wood …

Stem vascular cambium cells in forest trees produce wood for materials and energy. WOX4
affects the proliferation of such cells in Populus. Here we show that Ptr WOX4a is the most …

Since the roots are the very organ where plants first sense and respond drought stress, it is
of great importance to better understand root responses to drought. Yet the underlying …

Background Xylem, the most abundant tissue on Earth, is responsible for lateral growth in
plants. Typical xylem has a radial system composed of ray parenchyma cells and an axial …

Wood formation is controlled by transcriptional regulatory networks (TRNs) involving
regulatory homeostasis determined by combinations of transcription factor (TF)–DNA and TF …

A cell wall determines the mechanical properties of a cell, serves as a barrier against plant
stresses, and allows cell division and growth processes. The COBRA-Like (COBL) gene …

Introduction The biosynthesis of the secondary cell wall (SCW) is orchestrated by an intricate
hierarchical transcriptional regulatory network. This network is initiated by first-layer master …

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

Modification of lignin in feedstocks via genetic engineering aims to reduce biomass
recalcitrance to facilitate efficient conversion processes. These improvements can be …