Beneficial role of 1-methylcyclopropene for cut Lupinus havardii racemes exposed to ethephon

HortScience

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-119

  Valenzuela Vázquez, Mario ^a   Picchioni, Geno A ^b   Murray, Leigh W ^c   Mackay, Wayne A ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CIUDAD JUÁREZ   (Mexico)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscission; Big bend bluebonnet; Bud opening; Desiccation; Ethylene; Leakage; Senescence; Specialty cut flowers; Vase life

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ETHYLENE; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIG BEND BLUEBONNET; SENESCENCE; SPECIALTY CUT FLOWERS; VASE LIFE;

GREENHOUSES;

ABSCISSION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DRYING; ETHYLENE; FLUSHING; GREENHOUSES; HARVESTING; LEAKAGE; PLANTS;

LUPINUS HAVARDII;

EID: 33846807378     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.42.1.113     Document Type: Article

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