Ethylene affects postproduction quality of easter cactus

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1174-1178

  Han, Susan S ^a   Boyle, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

abscission; flowering; Hatiora gaertneri; Hatiora xgraeseri; postharvest physiology; senescence silver thiosulfate

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; HATIORA; HATIORA GAERTNERI; THOR;

EID: 0030459781     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.121.6.1174     Document Type: Article

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