Ethylene and flower petal senescence: Interrelationship with membrane lipid catabolism

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 606-612

  Borochov, Amihud ^a   Spiegelstein, Hanna ^a   Philosoph Hadas, Sonia ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diacylglycerol; Ethylene; Flower senescence; Lipid catabolism; Membranes; Microviscosity; Petunia hybrida; Phorbol ester; Phospholipids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030835869     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1000323.x     Document Type: Article

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