Postharvest handling of cut Campanula medium flowers

HortScience

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 954-958

  Bosma, Theresa ^a   Dole, John M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bell flower; Canterbury bells; Floral vase substrate; Light intensity; Storage; Sucrose solution; Vase life

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; HARVESTING; REDUCTION; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

POSTHARVEST HANDLING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CAMPANULA; CAMPANULA MEDIUM;

EID: 0036775975     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.37.6.954     Document Type: Article

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