exocarp


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outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape

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Also, fruits still had exocarp, although with signs of advanced maturation, in which they exhibit dark greyish brown color, and smell of pulp fermentation, which is assumed to attract bruchid females (Wright, 1983).
Ethnolinguistic affiliation Characteristic Otomi Nahuatl Maya Zapoteco Mexicano Origin of seed (%) Own fruits 80 80 91 75 80 Local marketing 20 20 9 25 20 Selection criteria used by growers (%) Fruit shape 100 100 100 100 100 Exocarp thickness 60 20 9 0 0 Color 80 20 0 0 0 Difficult to remove 100 20 45 0 0 the exocarp Firmness 0 0 64 100 0 Other 20 0 0 0 0 Use of production (%) Self-Consumption 54 60 61 8 56 Local sale 46 40 39 92 44 Table 2--Permutational multivariate analysis of variance for fruit and flower traits.
The endocarp is surrounded by a soft, fleshy or leathery mesocarp and a thin-skinned exocarp. Some disagreements exist regarding the terminology for different layers of the pericarp in Spondioideae fruits.
Also lightness (L*) is a measure of the lightness of the color of the fruit's exocarp; (L*) values range from black = 0 to white = 100.
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus infection: Inhibition by polysaccharide from Ginkgo biloba exocarp and mode of its action [J].
During the fruit development, the outer ovarian epidermis originates the exocarp, which remains unistratified, initially with cells radially elongated, with thin walls, dense content and visible nucleus in an intense anticlinal division in S.
Its yellow or orange fruit is a globose drupe and is approximately three centimeters in diameter with a thin exocarp and fibrous mesocarp, like a coconut with juicy, sweet flesh that surrounds a single seed (LORENZI et al., 2010).
The indehiscent fruit consists of a fibrous pulp encased within a tough exocarp, contains small seeds (ca.
Guo et al., "Larvicidal activity of extracts of Ginkgo biloba exocarp for three different strains of Culex pipiens pallens," Journal of Medical Entomology, vol.
The exocarp of the fruits of this group was thin, and the pulp was acidic, pale orange, and sweet.
The exocarp and mesocarp were severely blackened and the infection penetrated deeper into the endocarp, evidenced by rotten segments and beans.
Drupe fruits are formed of red exocarp, edible fleshy mesocarp, and stony endocarp with 1-2 seeds.
This system consists of a peripheral network in the outer part of the mesocarp, near the exocarp, and a larger axial bundle supplying the seeds.