Cellulose-based composites as models for primary plant cell walls of cereals and grasses

谷物和牧草是澳大利亚农业食品工业的主要支柱。细胞壁为植物提供形状、形状和屏障特性，是收获后机械特性和直接营养价值的基础。到目前为止，还没有关于谷类/草细胞壁的分子组装、结构和机械行为的验证模型。该项目旨在建立这样一个模型，以便能够对调整植物成分(例如，在基因水平上)或收获后处理的影响进行预测，以实现所需的植物或食品特性。这些发现也将有助于理解细胞壁的个别特征如何影响消化能力和营养特性。

Cereals and grasses are the lynchpins of the Australian Agri-Food industry. Cell walls provide shape, form and barrier properties to the plant and are the basis for both post-harvest mechanical properties and direct nutritional benefits. There is as yet no validated model for the molecular assembly, architecture and mechanical behaviour of cereal/grass cell walls. This project aims to derive such a model, so that predictions can be made concerning the effects of tailoring either plant composition (e.g. at the gene level) or post-harvest treatment in order to achieve desired plant or food properties. The findings will also be relevant to understanding how individual features of cell walls affect digestibility and nutritional properties.