Unraveling Cuticle Formation, Structure, and Properties by Using Tomato Genetic Diversity

Unraveling Cuticle Formation, Structure, and Properties by Using Tomato Genetic Diversity

The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit has a thick, astomatous cuticle that has become a model for the study of cuticle formation, structure, and properties in plants. Tomato is also a major horticultural crop and a long-standing model for research in genetics, fruit development, and disease resist...

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Main Authors: Johann Petit, Cécile Bres, Nicolas Reynoud, Marc Lahaye, Didier Marion, Bénédicte Bakan, Christophe Rothan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
tomato
cuticle
natural diversity
mutant
fruit
cutin
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2021.778131/full

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