Leaf blackening in protea flowers: Recent Developments

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 545, Issue , 2001, Pages 197-204

  Van Doorn, Wouter G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beta D glucosidase; Biochemistry; Carbohydrate depletion; Ethylene; Peroxidase; Physiology; Phytochrome; Polyphenol oxidase; Protea spp. leaf blackening; Sink source relations; Water stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954760666     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.545.27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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