Cytokinin treatment delays senescence but not sucrose loss in harvested broccoli

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-100

  Downs, Christopher G ^a   Somerfield, Sheryl D ^a   Davey, Michelle C ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Brassica oleracea L.; Broccoli; Cytokinins; Postharvest physiology; Protein; Senescence; Sugars

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030943086     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(97)01419-1     Document Type: Article

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