Method of influencing lignification in plants

摘要

The present invention provides a relates to a method of influencing lignification in plants, wherein ability of a plant to percept endogenous cytokine (CK) hormones or levels of endogenous CK change, wherein the reduction of ability of a plant to percept CK, as well as the reduction of the endogenous CK levels leads to increased accumulation of lignin in vegetable biomass.