Postharvest physiology and technology of cut Eustoma flowers

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 227-238

  Hiroko, Shimizu Yumoto ^a   Ichimura, Kazuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Eustoma grandiflorum (Raf.) Shinn; Pollination; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955720861     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: 1882336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs1.79.227     Document Type: Review

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