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Descripción
Fruits may be exposed to several unfavourable mechanical, climatic and biological factors along ripening. Harvest and storage also challenge fruit integrity before fruits reach the consumer. In order to preserve its properties/characteristics it is essential that the structural and chemical integrity of the cuticle is maintained throughout fruit development and expansion.To address some of these questions, the present chapter aimed at revising the existing information on cuticle physiology, composition, structure and properties, also considering its impact on fruit under abiotic stresses, with an emphasis on water deficit. We also address the recent molecular progresses in cuticle biosynthesis pathways and highlight some of the major research questions that will have to be dealt with in the future.
Internacional	Si
DOI	10.1016/B978-0-12-813164-0.00020-X
Edición del Libro	1
Editorial del Libro	Academic Press
ISBN	978-0-12-813164-0
Serie
Título del Libro	Water Scarcity and Sustainable Agriculture in Semiarid Environment.Tools, Strategies, and Challenges for Woody Crops. Academic Press
Desde página	507
Hasta página	533

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• Autor: Olfa Zarrouk (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal)
• Autor: Carla Pinheiro (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal)
• Autor: Chandra S. Misra (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal)
• Autor: Maria Victoria Fernandez Fernandez (UPM)
• Autor: Maria M. Chaves (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal)

• Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Sistemas Naturales e Historia Forestal
• Departamento: Sistemas y Recursos Naturales