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Comparative study on fruit development and oil synthesis in two cultivars of Camellia oleifera.
BMC plant biology - 23 Jul 2021
Zhang Fanhang, Li Ze, Zhou Junqin, Gu Yiyang, Tan Xiaofeng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The oil-tea tree (Camellia oleifera Abel.) is a woody tree species that produces edible oil in the seed. C. oleifera oil has high nutritional value and is also an important raw material for medicine and cosmetics. In China, due to the uncertainty on maturity period and oil synthesis mechanism of many C. oleifera cultivars, growers may harvest fruits prematurely, which could not maximize fruit and oil...
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