FRUIT DEVELOPMENT AND WAX BIOSYNTHESIS IN JOJOBA

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 ripeni...

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Published in:New Phytologist
Main Author: BENZIONI, ALIZA
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1978
Subjects:
Sperm whale
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1978.tb01609.x
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Summary: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.

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