Acceleration of senescence by pollination of cut 'Asuka-no-nami' Eustoma flowers

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 166-170

  Ichimura, Kazuo ^a   Goto, Rie ^a  

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

Author keywords

Ethylene; Eustoma grandiflorum; Pollination; Vase life; Wounding

Indexed keywords

CUT FLOWER; ETHYLENE; PETAL; POLLINATION; SENESCENCE; SILVER THIOSULFATE;

EUSTOMA GRANDIFLORUM;

EID: 0034073208     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.69.166     Document Type: Article

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