Russeting in apple and pear: A plastic periderm replaces a stiff cuticle

AoB PLANTS

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Khanal, Bishnu P ^a   Grimm, Eckhard ^a   Knoche, Moritz ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cuticular membrane; Fracture; Fruit skin; Mechanical properties; Rheology; Russet; Strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884965324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/pls048     Document Type: Article

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