Role of sugar in the vase solution on postharvest flower and leaf quality of Oriental lily 'Stargazer'

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 412-416

  Han, Susan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bud blasting; Bud opening; Bud stage; Foliar chlorosis; Lilium sp.; Vase life

Indexed keywords

COLD STORAGE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HARVESTING; SOLUTIONS; VEGETATION;

DEFOLIATION;

SUGAR (SUCROSE);

LILIUM; LILIUM SP.;

EID: 0038340726     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.3.412     Document Type: Article

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