Parthenocarpy induced by N-(2-chloro-4-pyridyl)-N'-phenylurea (CPPU) prevents flower abortion in Chinese white-flowered gourd (Lagenaria leucantha)

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-128

  Quan Yu, Jing ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CPPU; Cytokinins; Fruit growth; Fruit set; Lagenaria leucantha; Parthenocarpy; Plant growth regulators

Indexed keywords

6 N BENZYLADENINE; CARBANILIDE; CHINESE; FERTILIZER PRODUCTION; GIBBERELLIC ACID; N (2 CHLORO 4 PYRIDYL) N PHENYLUREA; N (4 PYRIDYL) N' PHENYLUREA; NAPHTHALENEACETIC ACID; PARTHENOCARPY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

LAGENARIA LEUCANTHA;

EID: 0344980340     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(99)00025-8     Document Type: Article

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