Senescence of Eustoma flowers as affected by pollinated area of the stigmatic surface

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-71

  Shimizu Yumoto, Hiroko ^a   Ichimura, Kazuo ^a  

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

Author keywords

Ethylene; Eustoma grandiflorum; Pollination; Silver thiosulfate complex

Indexed keywords

EUSTOMA; EUSTOMA GRANDIFLORUM;

EID: 32944467768     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.75.66     Document Type: Article

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