Fast pyrolysis is a promising thermochemical technology that breaks down renewable and
abundant lignocellulosic biomass into a primary liquid product (bio‐oil) in seconds. The bio …

Hemicelluloses are polysaccharides in plant cell walls that have β-(1→ 4)-linked backbones
with an equatorial configuration. Hemicelluloses include xyloglucans, xylans, mannans and …

The discovery of xyloglucan and its ability to bind tightly to cellulose has dominated our
thinking about primary cell wall structure and its connection to the mechanism of cell …

Plant cell walls consist of carbohydrate, protein, and aromatic compounds and are essential
to the proper growth and development of plants. The carbohydrate components make up∼ …

Excessive softening is the main factor limiting fruit shelf life and storage. Transgenic plants
modified in the expression of cell wall modifying proteins have been used to investigate the …

Heat stress (HS) is expected to be of increasing worldwide concern in the near future,
especially with regard to crop yield and quality as a consequence of rising or varying …

Hemicelluloses, comprising the non-cellulose cell-wall polysaccharides of vegetative and
storage tissues of annual and perennial plants, represent an immense renewable resource …

Degradation of plant cell wall polysaccharides is of major importance in the food and feed,
beverage, textile, and paper and pulp industries, as well as in several other industrial …

Plant cell walls are complex, dynamic cellular structures essential for plant growth,
development, physiology and adaptation. Plant Cell Walls provides an in depth and diverse …

Completely revised and expanded to reflect the latest advancements in the field,
Polysaccharides: Structural Diversity and Functional Versatility, Second Edition outlines …