Rudimentary leaf abortion with the development of panicle in litchi: Changes in ultrastructure, antioxidant enzymes and phytohormones

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 288-296

  Zhou, Biyan ^a   Chen, Houbin ^a   Huang, Xuming ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Hu, Zhiqun ^a   Gao, Zhigen ^a   Lu, Yong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzyme; Litchi; Phytohormone; Rudimentary leaf; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; APOPTOSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CULTIVAR; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVERGREEN TREE; HORMONE; LEAF; MATURATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 45849150062     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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