Chemical Composition of Cuticle and Barrier Properties to Transpiration in the Fruit of Clausena lansium (Lour.) Skeels.

ABSTRACT: The plant cuticle, as a lipid membrane covering aerial plant surfaces, functions primarily against uncontrolled water loss. Herein, the cuticle chemical composition and the transpiration of wampee fruit (Clausena lansium (Lour.) Skeels) at the green, turning, and yellow stages in cultivars of "Jixin" and "Tianhuangpi" were comprehensively studied. The coverage of wax and cutin monomers per unit of fruit surface area at the green stage was lower in "Jixin" than in "Tianhuangpi" and increased gradually during development. Cutin monomers accumulated ranging from 22.5 μg cm^-2 (green) to 52.5 μg cm^-2 (turning) in "Jixin" and from 36.5 μg cm^-2 (green) to 81.7 μg cm^-2 (yellow) in "Tianhuangpi." The total composition of waxes ranged between 6.0 μg

SUBMITTER: Huang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9150773 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature