Ethylene resistance of Regal Pelargonium is complemented but not replaced by 1-MCP

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-72

  Kim, Hye Ji ^a   Craig, Richard ^a   Brown, Kathleen M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1 MCP; 1 Methylcyclopropene; Abscission; Ethylene; Pelargonium domesticum; Postharvest

Indexed keywords

PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM DOMESTICUM;

EID: 34247899106     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2006.08.021     Document Type: Article

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