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The positional sterile (ps) mutation affects cuticular transpiration and wax biosynthesis of tomato fruits.
Journal of plant physiology - 15 Jun 2011
Leide Jana, Hildebrandt Ulrich, Vogg Gerd, Riederer Markus
Abstract excerpt
Cuticular waxes are known to play a pivotal role in limiting transpirational water loss across primary plant surfaces. The astomatous tomato fruit is an ideal model system that permits the functional characterization of intact cuticular membranes and therefore allows direct correlation of their p...
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