Role of ethylene in senescence of cut Eustoma flowers

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 193-198

  Ichimura, Kazuo ^a   Shimamura, Misa ^b   Hisamatsu, Tamotsu ^a  

^a FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Kochi Agricultural Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cut flower; Ethylene; Ethylene sensitivity; Eustoma grandiflorum; Silver thiosulphate

Indexed keywords

EUSTOMA GRANDIFLORUM;

EID: 0031742681     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(98)00039-8     Document Type: Article

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