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FRUIT DEVELOPMENT AND WAX BIOSYNTHESIS IN JOJOBA
Author(s) -
BENZIONI ALIZA
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1978.tb01609.x
Subject(s) - wax , ripening , botany , biology , biosynthesis , horticulture , biochemistry , enzyme
SUMMARY Simmondsia chinensis (jojoba), a wild desert shrub, is known for its fruit which contains unique wax esters similar in nature to sperm‐whale oil (Yermanos and Duncan, 1976). In this work, the ability of the fruit to synthesize the wax esters has been studied from a very early stage to ripening.