Response of gladiolus (Gladiolus spp) plants after exposure corms to chitosan and hot water treatments

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 480-484

  Ramos García, Margarita ^a   Ortega Centeno, Salvador ^a   Hernández Lauzardo, Ana N ^a   Alia Tejacal, Irán ^b   Bosquez Molina, Elsa ^c   Bautista Baños, Silvia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biorend ; Flowering; Fusarium oxysporum; Plant emergence; Vase life

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; EMERGENCE; FLOWERING; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; WATER TREATMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MORELOS; NORTH AMERICA;

FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GLADIOLUS;

EID: 67349160184     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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