Deposition and strain of the cuticle of developing European plum fruit

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 597-602

  Knoche, Moritz ^a,b   Peschel, Stefanie ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cutin; Fruit growth; Microcrack; Prunus domestica; Stomata; Wax

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 36649021586     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.132.5.597     Document Type: Article

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