Postharvest handling of heliconia, red ginger, and bird-of-paradise

HortTechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 259-266

  Jaroenkit, Teeranuch ^a,b   Paull, Robert E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

^b MAEJO UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscission; Chemical treatments; Postharvest handling; Senescence; Vase life; Water loss

Indexed keywords

ALPINIA PURPURATA; AVES; CAESALPINIA GILLIESII; HELICONIA; INSECTA; STRELITZIA REGINAE; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 0037376112     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.13.2.0259     Document Type: Review

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