Ethanol reduces sensitivity to ethylene and delays petal senescence in cut Tweedia caerulea flowers

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 125-130

  Pun, Umed K ^a   Niki, Tomoko ^a   Ichimura, Kazuo ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cut flower; Ethanol; Ethylene; Ethylene sensitivity; Tweedia caerulea

Indexed keywords

TWEEDIA;

EID: 84873986462     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-012-9755-6     Document Type: Article

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