Physiological and ultrastructural analysis reveal the absence of a defined abscission zone in coffee fruits

ABSTRACT In order to investigate the existence of a possible abscission zone in the binding region between the peduncle and the coffee fruit, as well as the biochemical events involved in fruit ripening, we studied peduncles and fruits of Coffea arabica L. cv. “Icatu amarelo”. Coffee fruits were har...

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Main Authors: Isabel Rodrigues Brandão, Dayane Meireles da Silva, Kamila Rezende Dázio de Souza, Lissa Vasconcellos Vilas Boas, Meline de Oliveira Santos, Fábio Moreira da Silva, Jose Donizeti Alves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Agronômico de Campinas
Series:Bragantia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0006-87052016000400386&lng=en&tlng=en