Effects of tea-seed saponins on the vase life, hydraulic conductance and transpiration of cut rose flowers

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-119

  Ichimura, Kazuo ^a   Fujiwara, Takahiro ^b   Yamauchi, Yuji ^c   Horie, Hideki ^a   Kohata, Katsunori ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cut flower; Rosa hybrida; Water relations

Indexed keywords

ROSA; ROSA HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 21044440192     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6090/jarq.39.115     Document Type: Article

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