Bromoethane induces dormancy breakage and metabolic changes in tubers derived from true potato seed

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 165-171

  Alexopoulos, Alexios A ^a   Aivalakis, George ^a   Akoumianakis, Konstantinos A ^a   Passam, Harold C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate metabolism; Enzyme activity; Ethylene; Respiration

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 70349180126     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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