Postharvest quality of cut roses following electron-beam irradiation

HortScience

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 698-701

  Chang, Ai Yu ^a   Gladon, Richard J ^a   Gleason, Mark L ^a   Parker, Sharon K ^a   Agnew, Nancy H ^b   Olson, Dennis G ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Botrytis cinerea; Conidia; Lesion; Rosa Xhybrida

Indexed keywords

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; ROSA;

EID: 0030766286     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.32.4.698     Document Type: Article

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