Microbial ethylene consumption in peat-soil during ethylene exposure of Begonia elatior

Plant and Soil

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 231-239

  Elsgaard, Lars ^a   Andersen, Lise ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Begonia elatior; Ethylene degradation; Ethylene response; Keeping quality

Indexed keywords

BEGONIA ELATIOR;

EID: 0031669111     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004357506418     Document Type: Article

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