Important step in wood formation demonstrated by Bio4Energy scientists
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 07:31
in Biology & Nature
A multi-national research team of researchers in Bio4Energy has been able to demonstrate an important step in wood formation: that a part of plants only forms after the cells that make them up die. According to the research group leader, Edouard Pesquet of Umeå University, the finding is an important step in understanding the way in which wood is constructed and, in turn, can be taken apart in a way suitable for making bio-based products.