Table 7.

Relative contribution of cell wall material per aerial organ*.

Developmental stage	Accession	Organ	% Cell wall
Mature	Bd21-3	Leaves	17.9 ± 7.9
		Sheath	15.3 ± 1.7
		Stem	38.9 ± 3.5
		Flowers/seed	27.9 ± 6.1
	Bd21	Leaves	22.6 ± 5.3
		Sheath	9.1 ± 0.0
		Stem	41.8 ± 0.2
		Flowers/seed	29.7 ± 1.8
Expanding	Bd21-3	Leaves	52.6 ± 0.6
		Sheath	23.4 ± 0.5
		Stem	24.0 ± 1.1
	Bd21	Leaves	51.2 ± 8.0
		Sheath	18.4 ± 1.7
		Stem	30.4 ± 6.3

^*Mean percentage of specific organ cell wall material to total aerial cell wall for accession and developmental stage ± value range from mean; means used: expanding: leaves: 51.9, sheath: 20.9, and stem 27.2; mature: leaves: 20.3, sheath: 12.2, stem: 40.3, and flowers/seed: 28.8.