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Modification of cell wall properties in lettuce improves shelf life

It is proposed that post-harvest longevity and appearance of salad crops is closely linked to pre-harvest leaf morphology (cell and leaf size) and biophysical structure (leaf strength). Transgenic lettuce plants (Lactuca sativa cv. Valeria) were produced in which the production of the cell wall-modi...

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Autores principales: Wagstaff, Carol, Clarkson, Graham J. J., Zhang, Fangzhu, Rothwell, Steve D., Fry, Stephen C., Taylor, Gail, Dixon, Mark S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2826663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20179011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erq038