A screening test for the determination of ethylene sensitivity

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 115, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 509-530

  Archambault, Daniel J ^a   Li, Xiaomei ^b   Foster, Kenneth R ^c   Jack, T R ^d  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^c AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

^d NOVA CHEMICALS CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air; Biomass; Crops; Ethephon; Growth stage; Hormone; Pollution; Yield

Indexed keywords

ETHEPHON; PLANT TISSUES; RELATIVE SENSITIVITY;

BIOMASS; CROPS; ETHYLENE; TISSUE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ETHYLENE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CROP YIELD; ETHYLENE; PLANT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; BIOMASS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; CULTIVAR IDENTIFICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOCUMENTATION; EXPOSURE; GAS; NONHUMAN; OAT; PEA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PLANT SEED; PLANT YIELD; POD; RAPESEED; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTING; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; WHEAT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOMASS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ETHYLENES; GERMINATION; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; REPRODUCTION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AVENA FATUA; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; PISUM SATIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33745963423     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-7227-z     Document Type: Article

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