Article
Analyses of tomato fruit brightness mutants uncover both cutin-deficient and cutin-abundant mutants and a new hypomorphic allele of GDSL lipase.
Plant physiology - 1 Feb 2014
Petit Johann, Bres Cécile, Just Daniel, Garcia Virginie, Mauxion Jean-Philippe, Marion Didier, Bakan Bénédicte, Joubès Jérôme, Domergue Frédéric, Rothan Christophe
Abstract excerpt
The cuticle is a protective layer synthesized by epidermal cells of the plants and consisting of cutin covered and filled by waxes. In tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit, the thick cuticle embedding epidermal cells has crucial roles in the control of pathogens, water loss, cracking, postharvest shelf-life, and brightness. To identify tomato mutants with modified cuticle composition and architecture and to...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Chromosome Mapping
- Cluster Analysis
- Ethyl Methanesulfonate
- Fruit
- Genetic Association Studies
- Genetic Loci
- Lipase
- Lipids
- Solanum lycopersicum
- Membrane Lipids
- Models, Biological