Use of methyl jasmonate for suppression of botrytis rot in various cultivars of cut rose flowers

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 669, Issue , 2005, Pages 91-98

  Meir, Shimon ^a   Droby, Samir ^a   Kochanek, Bettina ^a   Salim, Shoshi ^a   Philosoph Hadas, Sonia ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Decay; Ethylene; Gray mold; Induced resistance; Petal color; Quality losses

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847649062     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.669.10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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