Table 1.

Fold change in lignin monomers, total lignin, and S/G in transgenic plants relative to wild-type plants

	4CL knockdown 40 % [3]	CCR knockdown 50 % [40]	COMT knockdown 30 % [5]	CAD knockdown 30 % [41]
Down-regulation	27–95 %	Up to 75 %	Up to 90 %	55–86 %
H lignin	1.82	NR	NR	NR
G lignin	0.53	~0.75	0.76–0.98	0.67–0.83
S lignin	1.00	~0.75	0.42–0.96	0.58–0.87
Total lignin	0.78	~0.75	0.84–0.96	0.78–0.86
S/G	Increased	Increased	Decreased	Decreased

NR not reported