Efficacy of chitosan spraying on improving quality of Dendrobium Sonia 'No. 17' inflorescence

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 766, Issue , 2008, Pages 291-298

  Uthairatanakij, A ^a   Jitareerat, P ^a   Obsuwan, K ^b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bud opening; Displayed life; Flower dropping; Petal width; Vase life

Indexed keywords

DENDROBIUM; DENDROBIUM CV. 'SONIA'; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 61449102671     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2008.766.38     Document Type: Conference Paper

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