Effects of hypoxia on cut carnation flowers (Dianthus caryophyllus L.): Longevity, ability to survive under anoxia, and activities of alcohol dehydrogenase and pyruvate kinase

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 317-329

  Chen, Xiuhua ^a   Solomos, Theophanes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH); Anoxia; Ethylene; Hypoxia; Isoenzymes; Pyruvate kinase (PK); Respiration

Indexed keywords

DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS;

EID: 0030062043     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-5214(95)00044-5     Document Type: Article

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