

About 45 billion years ago, aquatic plants began to evolve towards land to adapt to the changing environment. Plant growth is a process of continuous adaptation to the environment ( Kim et al., 2019 Trivedi et al., 2019). The results will act as a reference for extending the storage period and increasing the commodity value of apple. Taken together, a detailed understanding of apple cuticular wax is discussed. Cuticular wax prevents fruit rust from occurring on apple. An association among the environment, genes, and apple cuticular wax deposition was revealed.

Here, we provide a brief overview of how apple cuticular wax is formed, as well as its structure, composition, and function. The formation of cuticular wax has been described at the transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and translational levels in Arabidopsis, whereas less research has been performed on apple cuticular wax. Apple cuticular wax is an important part of the fruit epidermis that plays an essential role in apple development, storage, and adaptation to environmental stress. State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center of Fruit & Vegetable Quality and Efficient Production, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, ChinaĪ layer of cuticular wax is deposited on the surface of terrestrial plants, which reduces the damage caused by environmental stress and maintains growth in a relatively stable internal environment.Ya-Li Zhang Chun-Xiang You Yuan-Yuan Li * Yu-Jin Hao *
