Sucrose enhances the postharvest quality of cut flowers of eustoma grandiflorum (raf.) shinn.

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 543, Issue , 2001, Pages 305-315

  Cho, Moon Soo ^a   Celikel, Fisun G ^b   Dodge, Linda ^c   Reid, Michael S ^c  

^a Daegu University   (South Korea)

^b Ataturk Central Horticultural Research Institute   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bud opening; Carbohydrate; Eustoma grandiflorum; Postharvest quality; Vase life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879570994     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.543.37     Document Type: Article

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