Effects of continuous treatment with sucrose on the vase life, soluble carbohydrate concentrations, and ethylene production of cut snapdragon flowers

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-66

  Ichimura, Kazuo ^a   Hisamatsu, Tamotsu ^a  

^a National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cut flower; Ethylene; Snapdragon; Sucrose; Vase life

Indexed keywords

8 QUINOLINOL SULFATE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CUT FLOWER; ETHYLENE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GROWTH REGULATION; MANNITOL; SUCROSE; SUGAR;

ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS;

EID: 0033007194     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.68.61     Document Type: Article

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