Table 1. Growth performance, carbohydrate content, and lignin aromatic units of transgenic (T0) and wild-type (WT) plants.
| Switchgrass T0 Lines | Total dried weight (g) | Carbohydrates (wt. %) | Lignin (wt. %) | Carbohydrate /lignin ratio | Lignin aromatic units (%) | G:S ratio | |||||
| Glucan | Xylan | Acid- insoluble | Acid- soluble | Total lignin | H | G | S | ||||
| Wild type | 251.0±27.3 | 34.8±0.4 | 17.6±0.3 | 18.5±0.0 | 0.7±0.2 | 19.2±0.2 | 2.72 | 0.23±0.09 | 11.60±0.18 | 7.37±0.27 | 1.57 |
| T0 −1 | 224.9±9.4 | 35.4±1.2 | 14.6±0.9 | 14.2±0.4 | 1.7±0.3 | 15.9±0.5 | 3.14 | 0.30±0.23 | 8.58±1.04 | 7.01±0.95 | 1.22 |
| T0 −2 | 227.7±47.6 | 36.9±0.5 | 19.3±0.0 | 14.2±0.9 | 1.4±0.2 | 15.6±0.9 | 3.60 | 1.48±0.23 | 7.20±0.69 | 6.92±0.92 | 1.04 |
| T0 −3 | 226.0±20.9 | 34.7±0.8 | 18.8±0.6 | 13.8±0.2 | 1.3±0.4 | 15.1±0.4 | 3.54 | 1.41±0.35 | 7.08±0.08 | 6.61±0.39 | 1.07 |
| T0 −4 | 258.2±11.3 | 39.2±0.1 | 23.0±0.3 | 12.2±0.2 | 0.9±0.3 | 13.1±0.4 | 4.75 | 1.11±0.19 | 3.60±0.22 | 8.39±0.03 | 0.43 |