Table 1.

Chemical analysis values for wild-type (WT) and ccr1 mutant plants

	UFMu00732 ccr1 mutants (greenhouse)	WT W22 maize plants (greenhouse)	UFMu00732 ccr1 mutants (field-grown)	WT W22 maize plants (field-grown)
% Acid-insoluble Klason lignin	17.7% ± 0.8	22.0% ± 0.1	17.3% ± 0.2	22.8% ± 0.2
Thioacidolysis
S:G:H ratios	71:27:1.6	59:40:1.7	68:28:4	60:37:3
H (μmol/g)	2.9 ± 0.4	4.9 ± 1.1	2.8 ± 0.1	4.2 ± 0.2
G (μmol/g)	50.6 ± 18.4	117.1 ± 23.0	18.9 ± 1.3	48.1 ± 0.74
S (μmol/g)	127.8 ± 25	173.9 ± 34.2	45.5 ± 2.3	78.1 ± 2.0
DFRC
CA-DHFA nmol/g lignin	96.4 ± 30.7	107.6 ± 31.0	95.9 ± 8.2	123.4 ± 19.3
SA-DHFA nmol/g lignin	911.7 ± 141.1	308.9 ± 3.2	1775.7 ± 39.0	1039.4 ± 139.9
CA-DHpCA nmol/g lignin	12,554.9 ± 2453.6	9551.8 ± 1220.8	13,739.8 ± 18.0	12,730.1 ± 621.5
SA-DHpCA nmol/g lignin	319,314.6 ± 33,334.7	275,157.7 ± 850.4	238,058.8 ± 4112.7	292,782.2 ± 20,356.2
Digestibility
% Glucose	17.9% ± 1.8	11.7% ± 1.4	16.0% ± 0.1	11.4% ± 0.3
% Pentose	6.4% ± 0.7	4.3% ± 0.6	4.9% ± 0.2	4.2% ± 0.3