maydica

Maydica

a journal devoted to maize and allied species

Maydica

is dedicated to publishing high-quality original research, review articles (technical and non), short communications, and case studies in the field of genetics, genomics, molecular biology, biochemistry, chemistry, physiology, breeding, and agronomy of maize and related species.

Latest Pubblications

High sugar Eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides L) cultivars as potential biofuel feedstock
Mary W Eubanks1*, Jiele Xu2, Ratna R Sharma-Shivappa3
1Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0338, USA
2Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0287, USA
3Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
*Corresponding author: E-mail: eubanks@duke.edu
Maydica 58.1 pp60-66
Breeding grasses for capacity to biofuel production or silage feeding value: an updated list of genes involved in maize secondary cell wall biosynthesis and assembly
Audrey Courtial1,2,3, Marçal Soler2,3, Anne-Laure Chateigner-Boutin4, Matthieu Reymond5, Valérie Méchin5, Hua Wang2,3, Jacqueline Grima-Pettenati2,3, Yves Barrière1*
1INRA, Unité de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes Fourragères, 86600 Lusignan, France
2Université de Toulouse, UPS, UMR5546, LRSV, BP 42617, Auzeville, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
3CNRS, UMR 5546, BP 42617, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
4INRA BIA, rue de la Géraudière, BP71627, F-44316 Nantes cedex 3, France
5INRA, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, 78026 Versailles, France
*Corresponding author: E-mail: yves.barriere@lusignan.inra.fr
Maydica 58.1 pp67-102
Maize cell wall degradability, from whole plant to tissue level: different scales of complexity
Mary S-J Wong Quai Lam1, Yves Martinez1, Odile Barbier1, Alain Jauneau2, Magalie Pichon1*
1CNRS - Université Paul Sabatier, UMR 5546, LRSV, 24 Chemin de Borde Rouge, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
2Plateforme de microscopie - FR AIB (Agrobiosciences, Interactions, Biodiversity) FR 3450 CNRS, 24 chemin de Borde Rouge, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
*Corresponding author: E-mail: magalie.pichon@toulouse.inra.fr
*current address: INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes (LIPM), 24, chemin de Borde Rouge, Auzeville, CS52627, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
Maydica 58.1 pp103-110