abscission zone
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0000146
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- related: abscission layer
- exact: 離層 (Japanese)
- exact: zona de absición (Spanish)
- Definition
- A portion of plant tissue (PO:0009007) that has as part a separation layer (PO:0006211) and a protective layer (PO:0006212), and is involved in the abscission (GO:0009838) of a fruit (PO:0009001), flower (PO:0009046), leaf (PO:0025034) or other plant structure (PO:0009011). [source: ISBN:047124529, POC:curators, POC:Laurel_Cooper]
- Comment
- None
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