Chlorine demand in cut flower vase solutions

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 267-270

  Xie, Lijuan ^a   Joyce, Daryl C ^b   Irving, Donald E ^b   Eyre, Joseph X ^b  

^a SHENZHEN POLYTECHNIC   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cut flower; Electrical conductivity (EC); Free available chlorine (FAC); Handling solution; pH; Sucrose; Vase solution

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 36849064810     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2007.06.019     Document Type: Article

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