Table 3.
Treatment | Line | Thioacidolysis yield (μmol/g extract‐free sample) | G/S molar ratio | |||
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G | S | H | Total | |||
Mock | Wild‐type | 203.1 ± 0.0b | 74.0 ± 0.0a | 2.0 ± 0.0 | 252.2 ± 33.9b | 3.15 ± 0.05a |
OE plant | 225.6 ± 0.0a | 77.2 ± 0.0a | 2.2 ± 0.0 | 314.0 ± 30.8a | 2.71 ± 0.21a | |
Inoculated | Wild‐type | 62.0 ± 1.5d | 35.8 ± 0.2b | 1.3 ± 0.0 | 99.1 ± 1.8c | 1.64 ± 0.20b |
OE plant | 176.4 ± 16.5c | 77.9 ± 11.7a | 1.9 ± 0.6 | 256.1 ± 28.9b | 2.28 ± 0.13a | |
ΔLignin | Wild‐type | −69.5% | −51.6% | ‐ | −60.7% | ‐ |
OE plant | −21.8% | +0.9% | ‐ | −18.4% | ‐ |
The data are the mean ± standard error (SE) of three independent biological replications, and different letters in the same column share a significant difference (P < 0.05) (Duncan’s multiple range test). ΔLignin = (Inoculated − Mock)/Mock. OE, overexpressing.