Ethanol vapour reduces leaf blackening in cut flower Protea 'Pink Ice' stems

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-231

  Crick, S G ^a   McConchie, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cut flowers; Leaf browning; Polyphenol oxidase

Indexed keywords

PROTEA; PROTEA SUSANNAE;

EID: 0032706296     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(99)00049-6     Document Type: Article

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