Cuticular wax of Nordic berries:focus on composition, biosynthesis, and the effect of environmental factors

• Main Author: Trivedi, P. (Priyanka)
• Other Authors: Häggman, H. (Hely), Jaakola, L. (Laura), Pirttilä, A. (Anna-Maria)
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Oulun yliopisto 2021
• Subjects: bilberry; biosynthesis; cuticular wax; glossy mutant; lingonberry; temperature; triterpenoids; biosynteesi; kiiltävät mustikat; kutikulaarinen vaha; lämpötila; mustikka; triterpenoidit; Mustikka; Norway; Crowberry; Empetrum nigrum
• Online Access: http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526231723

Abstract Berries have an outer layer of hydrophobic cuticular wax which plays a role in preventing non-stomatal water loss and protection against UV-B radiation. In this thesis, the chemical composition and morphology of cuticular wax in the fruit of Nordic wild berry species, namely bilberry (Vacci...