Influence of ethanol on climacteric senescence in five cultivars of carnation

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-77

  Pun, U K ^a   Rowe, R N ^a   Rowarth, J S ^a   Barnes, M F ^a   Dawson, C O ^a   Heyes, J A ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Climacteric senescence; Cultivars; Dianihus caryophyllusL; Ethanol; Ethylene

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CULTIVAR; CUT FLOWER; ETHYLENE; GROWTH REGULATION; HARVEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SENESCENCE;

DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS;

EID: 0033003866     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.1999.9514082     Document Type: Article

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