The Impact of Cell Wall Feruloylation on Plant Growth, Responses to Environmental Stress, Plant Pathogens and Cell Wall Degradability

This article summarizes evolving concepts and scientific findings on cell wall feruloylation ferulate oxidative coupling processes in grasses, the effects these have wide range of properties consequent plant responses to biotic abiotic stress tissue degradability. Updates different strategies that been applied genetically modifying are presented. Special emphasis is given modification by heterologous expression ferulic acid esterase, as this strategy has provided insights into impact changes physicochemical with processes. Emerging feruloyl transferase candidate genes codifying enzymes accounting for incorporation grass arabinoxylans also highlighted.