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The identification of a gene (Cwp1), silenced during Solanum evolution, which causes cuticle microfissuring and dehydration when expressed in tomato fruit.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Nov 2007
Hovav Ran, Chehanovsky Noam, Moy Michal, Jetter Reinhard, Schaffer Arthur A
Abstract excerpt
One of the most intriguing phenomena of fleshy fruit is the ability to maintain high water content at maturity, even following harvest. This is accomplished by a fruit cuticle that is highly impermeable to water diffusion. In this paper, we report on a novel genotype of tomato, developed via introgression from the wild species Solanum habrochaites, which is characterized by microfissuring of the fruit cuticle and...
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