Methyl jasmonate is a more effective senescence-promoting factor in Cucurbita pepo (zucchini) cotyledons when compared with darkness at the early stage of senescence

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 164, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1179-1187

  Ananieva, Kalina ^a   Ananiev, Evgueni D ^a   Mishev, Kiril ^a   Georgieva, Katya ^a   Malbeck, Jiri ^b   Kamínek, Miroslav ^b   Van Staden, Johannes ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cotyledons; Cytokinins; Dark treatment; Methyl jasmonate; Senescence

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYME INHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEED;

COTYLEDONS; DARK TREATMENT; METHYL JASMONATE; SENESCENCE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CUCURBITA PEPO; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO;

EID: 34547828812     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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