Senescence-associated genes in harvested broccoli florets

Plant Science

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 137-144

  Chen, Yu Ting ^a   Chen, Long Fang O ^b   Shaw, Jei Fu ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Broccoli; Ethylene; Postharvest biotechnology; Senescence

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA;

EID: 44649087666     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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