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Pericarp anatomy in relation to fruit cracking in lemon (Citrus limon)

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Title Pericarp anatomy in relation to fruit cracking in lemon (Citrus limon)
 
Creator Josan, J S
Sandhu, A S
Kaur, Jasbir
 
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Description An anatomical study of the pericarp of the normal, cracked and sun-scalded fmits of lemon [Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f.] was carried out during 1989 and 1990. Thickness of peel and epidermis-cum-cuticle of normal fruit (2.17 mm; 10.99µm) was more than that ofthecl'acked (1.98mm; 10.29µm) and sun-scalded (1.38 mm; 8.40µm) fruits. The normal and cracked fruits did not differ in compactness of their parenchyma cells, whereas sun-scalded fruits showed more flattening of these cells. The number of vascular bundles/mm2 in the peel of normal cracked and sun-scalded fruits were equal. However, they were deeper in the peel of normal fruits than in those of the cracked and sun-scalded fruits. The cracking started from the inner side of the peel and proceeded upward along the vascular bundles. Thus thickness of peel and epidermis-cum-cuticle and the number depth and arrangement of vascular bundles were found to play a major role in fruit cracking of lemon.
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
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Date 2012-06-05
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/18788
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 65, No 6 (1995)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/18788/9147
 
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