Role of ethylene in the lack of floral opening and in petal blackening of cut lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) flowers

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-64

  Imsabai, Wachiraya ^a   Ketsa, Saichol ^b   van Doorn, Wouter G ^c  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

1 MCP; ACC oxidase; ACC synthase; ACO; ACS; Ethephon; Ethylene; Flower opening; Lotus flower; Nelumbo nucifera; Petal blackening

Indexed keywords

NELUMBO; NELUMBO NUCIFERA;

EID: 77954760013     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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