Postharvest handling of cut Heuchera sanguinea Engelm. Flowers: Effects of sucrose and silver thiosulfate

HortScience

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 731-733

  Han, Susan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscission; Coral bells; Ethylene; Flowering; Senescence

Indexed keywords

HEUCHERA SANGUINEA;

EID: 0031902953     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.33.4.731     Document Type: Article

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