Cultivar and anatomical analysis of corolla enlargement of petunia (Petunia hybrida Vilm.) by cytokinin application

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-55

  Nishijima, Takaaki ^a   Miyaki, Hideari ^b   Sasaki, Kazuya ^c   Okazawa, Tatsuo ^d  

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

^b Flower Festival Commemorative Park   (Japan)

^c Aomori Prefectural Agriculture and Forestry Research Center   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Metropolitan Agriculture and Forestry Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Corolla size; Cultivar difference; Cytokinins; Petunia (Petunia hybrida Vilm.)

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CULTIVAR; DICOTYLEDON; FLORAL TRAIT; GROWTH REGULATOR; GROWTH RESPONSE;

PETUNIA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA;

EID: 33846183796     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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