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Cell separation in kiwifruit without development of a specialised detachment zone.
BMC plant biology - 10 May 2017
Prakash Roneel, Hallett Ian C, Wong Sally F, Johnston Sarah L, O'Donoghue Erin M, McAtee Peter A, Seal Alan G, Atkinson Ross G, Schröder Roswitha
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Unlike in abscission or dehiscence, fruit of kiwifruit Actinidia eriantha develop the ability for peel detachment when they are ripe and soft in the absence of a morphologically identifiable abscission zone. Two closely-related genotypes with contrasting detachment behaviour have been identified. The 'good-peeling' genotype has detachment with clean debonding of cells, and a peel tissue that does not...
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