Benzyladenine and gibberellic acid application prevents abscisic acid-induced leaf chlorosis in pansy and Viola

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 925-933

  Waterland, Nicole L ^a,b   Finer, John J ^a   Jones, Michelle L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aba; Bedding plants; Drought; Floriculture; Postproduction; Viola cornuta; Viola wittrockiana

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954503134     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.6.925     Document Type: Article

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