Extension of vaselife and prevention of ethylene-induced flower shattering in lupinus havardii by 1-Methylcyclopropene

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 543, Issue , 2001, Pages 75-78

  Sankhla, N ^a   Mackay, W A ^a   Davis, T D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1 methylcyclopropene; Bluebonnet; Ethephon; Flower abscission; Flower senescence; Vaselife

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344231255     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.543.8     Document Type: Article

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