Temperature effects on growth, pigmentation and post-harvest longevity of petunia flowers

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 217-227

  Shvarts, Michal ^a   Weiss, David ^a   Borochov, Amihud ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

1 Aminocyclopropane carboxylic acid; Aminooxyacetic acid; Anthocyanin; chs; Ethylene; gip; Longevity; Petunia hybrida; Pigmentation; Silver thiosulfate; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030952212     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(97)00015-0     Document Type: Article

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