Current methods for detecting ethylene in plants

Annals of Botany

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 347-360

  Cristescu, Simona M ^a   Mandon, Julien ^a   Arslanov, Denis ^a   De Pessemier, Jérôme ^b   Hermans, Christian ^b   Harren, Frans J M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; electrochemical sensing; Ethylene; gas chromatography; gas sampling; laser based detector

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

DETECTION METHOD; DICOTYLEDON; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ETHYLENE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS PRODUCTION; HORMONE; LASER; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESEARCH WORK;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; LASER; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ETHYLENES; LASERS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84874452885     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs259     Document Type: Review

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