In search of eternal youth: The delay of postharvest senescence in flowers

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 624, Issue , 2003, Pages 305-314

  Woodson, W R ^a   Jones, M L ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Carnation; Ethylene; Gene expression; Genetic engineering; Orchid; Petunia; Pollen; Pollination; Postharvest; Senescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955422714     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.624.42     Document Type: Conference Paper

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