Ethylene and abscission

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 567-576

  Brown, Kathleen M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1,4 glucanase; Cellulases; Pectinase; Polygalacturonase; Postharvest Physiology; Senescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030838881     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1000319.x     Document Type: Article

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