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Table 2 Traditional wet chemical composition for eucalyptus plants with lignin pathway modifications

From: Down-regulation of p-coumaroyl quinate/shikimate 3′-hydroxylase (C3′H) and cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H) genes in the lignin biosynthetic pathway of Eucalyptus urophylla × E. grandis leads to improved sugar release

Sample

% Ash

% Water extractives

% Ethanol extractives

% Lignin

% Glucose

% Xylose

% Galactose

% Arabinose

% Acetyl

% Mass closure

Control a

0.5

4.4

0.9

29.3

39.4

13.0

1.7

0.5

3.9

93.5

Control b

0.7

3.9

0.9

30.0

40.9

13.1

1.5

0.6

3.9

95.3

Control avg

0.6

4.2

0.9

29.6

40.2

13.0

1.6

0.5

3.9

94.4

C3′H 105

0.7

7.3

1.2

22.3

38.8

16.0

1.4

0.0

4.7

92.4

C3′H 106a

0.5

5.7

1.0

21.3

41.9

16.3

1.8

0.6

4.9

94.0

C3′H 106b

0.5

6.7

1.2

21.4

41.0

16.1

1.3

0.6

4.9

93.7

C3′H 113a

0.5

7.0

1.1

21.5

39.5

17.1

1.3

0.3

5.1

93.3

C3′H 113b

0.5

6.9

1.3

22.1

38.5

17.3

1.3

0.7

4.9

93.5

C3′H 114

0.9

4.6

1.7

21.6

38.5

18.4

1.3

3.1

4.9

95.1

C3′H avg

0.6

6.4*

1.3

21.7*

39.7

16.9*

1.4

0.9

4.9*

93.7

C4H 73a

0.9

3.7

0.8

17.8

46.3

16.6

2.5

0.3

4.7

93.6

C4H 73b

0.9

5.8

0.9

18.9

42.3

17.3

1.7

0.3

4.9

92.8

C4H 91

0.8

3.8

0.9

20.9

43.5

16.6

1.8

2.5

4.2

95.0

C4H 92

0.8

3.8

1.0

19.5

44.0

17.7

1.4

2.7

4.5

95.4

C4H 93

0.7

4.7

0.8

18.5

42.7

18.5

1.9

2.6

4.7

95.2

C4H 96

0.7

5.8

0.8

17.5

41.3

19.0

1.4

0.1

5.2

91.9

C4H 98

0.8

3.9

1.0

20.1

43.5

17.5

1.7

2.2

4.3

95.0

C4H 99a

0.8

4.4

1.3

18.5

41.6

18.3

1.6

0.4

4.9

91.9

C4H 99b

0.9

5.3

1.0

18.4

42.0

17.6

1.6

0.3

4.7

91.9

C4H avg

0.8*

4.6

0.9

18.9*

43.0

17.7*

1.7

1.3

4.7*

93.6

  1. * Indicates significant difference from the control average at the p value <0.05 level