Possible roles of methyl glucoside and myo-inositol in the opening of cut rose flowers

Annals of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 551-557

  Ichimura, Kazuo ^a   Mukasa, Yuji ^a   Fujiwara, Takahiro ^a   Kohata, Katsunori ^a   Goto, Rie ^a   Suto, Kenichi ^a  

^a FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cut flowers; Methyl glucoside; Myo inositol; Rosa hybrida; Soluble carbohydrate

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; INOSITOL; METHYLGLUCOSIDE; SUCROSE; XYLOSE;

ROSA; ROSA HYBRID CULTIVAR; ROSA HYBRIDA;

EID: 0032939116     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1999.0856     Document Type: Article

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