Table 4.

Cell wall characteristics are altered in the mutants and recapitulated lines.

Genotype	Lignin (µg mg-1 DW)	S/G ratio	Hemicellulose (C5) (µg mg-1 DW)	Cellulose (C6) (µg mg-1 DW)
WT-717	238.44 ± 2.6	1.55 ± 0.04	280.36 ± 1.5	333.23 ± 4.7
A630-7	225.12 ± 2.9*	1.58 ± 0.01	282.40 ± 0.8	344.95 ± 0.2
oe-PtaFLA	229.59 ± 0.9*	1.44 ± 0.02*	277.38 ± 3.5	341.88 ± 3.6
WT-717	232.82 ± 1.4	1.55 ± 0.05	266.13 ± 3.1	318.14 ± 2.5
A541-1	238.77 ± 3.4	1.65 ± 0.05	271.20 ± 3.6	317.08 ± 1.2
oe-PtaPAT	243.75 ± 1.4***	1.41 ± 0.01*	265.84 ± 2.3	327.64 ± 2.0*

Changes in the lignin, S/G ratio, hemicellulose and cellulose content were determined by using PyMBMS analysis. Values are presented as mean ± SE (n = 4). For OE lines the data are presented as mean of at least five individual lines. Asterisks indicate significant differences from the wild type (WT-717) as determined by Student’s t-test (* and *** denoting p < 0.05 and p < 0.001, respectively). Significant changes are highlighted in bold.