The series of steps that
plants use to make lignin has been studied for decades, said Wout Boerjan, a co-author of the paper who does research in
plant biotechnology at Ghent University and Belgian life
sciences institute VIB.
The European
Plant Science Organization, EPSO, is an independent academic organization, founded in 2000, with 73 institutional members representing 227 research
institutes, universities and research departments from 30 countries with over 28 000 people.