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Transpiration from Tomato Fruit Occurs Primarily via Trichome-Associated Transcuticular Polar Pores.
Plant physiology - 1 Dec 2020
Fich Eric A, Fisher Josef, Zamir Dani, Rose Jocelyn K C
Abstract excerpt
Nonstomatal water loss by transpiration through the hydrophobic cuticle is ubiquitous in land plants, but the pathways along which this occurs have not been identified. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) provides an excellent system in which to study this phenomenon, as its fruit are astomatous and a major target for desiccation resistance to enhance shelf life. We screened a tomato core collection of 398 accessions...
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