In search of a maize ideotype for cell wall enzymatic degradability using histological and biochemical lignin characterization |
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Authors: | Méchin Valérie Argillier Odile Rocher Françoise Hébert Yannick Mila Isabelle Pollet Brigitte Barriére Yves Lapierre Catherine |
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Institution: | Unité de Chimie Biologique UMR 206, INRA/INA-PG, Institut National Agronomique, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France. mechin@grignon.inra.fr |
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Abstract: | Grass cell wall degradability is conventionally related to the lignin content and to the ferulic-mediated cross-linking of lignins to polysaccharides. To better understand the variations in degradability, 22 maize inbred lines were subjected to image analyses of Fasga- and M?ule-stained stem sections and to chemical analyses of lignins and p-hydroxycinnamic acids. For the first time, the nearness of biochemical and histological estimates of lignin levels was established. Combination of histological and biochemical traits could explain 89% of the variations for cell wall degradability and define a maize ideotype for cell wall degradability. In addition to a reduced lignin level, such an ideotype would contain lignins richer in syringyl than in guaiacyl units and preferentially localized in the cortical region rather than in the pith. Such enrichment in syringyl units would favor wall degradability in grasses, contrary to dicots, and could be related to the fact that grass syringyl units are noticeably p-coumaroylated. This might affect the interaction capabilities of lignins and polysaccharides. |
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