M. S. Srinivasa Reddy

TL;DR: The availability of the complete genome sequence of Arabidopsis thaliana, and the extensive expressed sequence tag resources in other species allow, for the first time, a full appreciation of the comparative genetic complexity of the phenylpropanoid pathway across species.

TL;DR: Down-regulation of 4-coumarate 3-hydroxylase provided the largest improvements in digestibility yet seen in a forage crop and models for genetic manipulation of forage digestibility based on the changes in lignin composition that increase paper-pulping efficiency in trees are invalid.

TL;DR: Analysis of forage quality parameters showed strong reductions of neutral- and acid-detergent fiber in the down-regulated lines, in parallel with large increases in dry matter forage digestibility, indicating manipulation of lignin biosynthesis can greatly improve forage digestionibility.

TL;DR: NMR revealed structural differences in the interunit linkage distribution that characterizes a lignin polymer that form a basis for explaining differences in digestibility and pulping performance of C3H-deficient plants.

TL;DR: DNA microarray analysis confirmed the strong differential transcriptional re-programming of the cell cultures for multiple genes in the phenylpropanoid and triterpene pathways in response to MeJA and YE, and indicated different responses of individual members of gene families.