Effects of scape-injected 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) on the vase life of 'Testatossa' cut gerberas

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 921-924

  Gerasopoulos, D ^a   Chebli, B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bending; Ethylene; Firmness; Gerbera jamesonii; Maturity; Phenylalanine ammonia lyase activity; Scape length

Indexed keywords

GERBERA JAMESONII;

EID: 0031829327     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.123.5.921     Document Type: Article

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