Abscission of flowers and floral parts

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 309, 1997, Pages 821-837

  Van Doorn, Wouter G ^a   Stead, Anthony D ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abscission; Abscission zone; Anatomy; Cell wall degrading enzymes; Hormonal control; Inflorescences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030925425     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/48.4.821     Document Type: Review

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