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Tissue-specific cell wall hydration in sugarcane stalks.

Priscila Maziero¹, Jennifer Jong, Fernanda M Mendes

¹Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol, CTBE/CNPEM , 13083-970 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

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Sugarcane cell walls hold water, with top internodes being more porous and deformable due to less lignin. This nanoscale porosity influences plant cell wall recalcitrance and digestibility.

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Area of Science:

Plant Biology
Biophysics
Materials Science

Background:

Plant cell walls retain water, impacting biological and wet processing.
Understanding water within sugarcane stalk tissues is crucial for processing and biomass utilization.

Purpose of the Study:

To characterize water within sugarcane stalk tissues.
To investigate the relationship between cell wall structure, porosity, and moisture dynamics.

Main Methods:

Environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) for tissue deformation analysis.
Dynamic vapor sorption (DVS) for moisture uptake kinetics.
Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) thermoporometry for nanoscale pore water quantification.

Main Results:

Sugarcane top internode cell walls exhibit greater deformability, moisture sorption, and nanoscale porosity compared to other tissues.
Reduced lignin content in top internodes correlates with increased porosity.
Tissue-specific nanoscale porosity ranking: pith parenchyma > pith vascular bundles > rind.

Conclusions:

Cell wall nanoscale porosity is a tissue-specific characteristic, not solely compositional.
Nanoscale porosity is a key factor determining plant cell wall recalcitrance and digestibility in grasses.