Effects of ethylene, pollination, and ethylene inhibitor treatments on flower senescence of gentians

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-115

  Shimizu Yumoto, Hiroko ^a   Ichimura, Kazuo ^a  

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

Author keywords

1 Methylcyclopropene (1 MCP); Ethylene; Gentian; Gentiana scabra; Pollination; Vase life

Indexed keywords

GENTIANA; GENTIANA SCABRA;

EID: 80053631598     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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