Flower Senescence: Fundamental and Applied Aspects

Flowering and its Manipulation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 259-296

  Stead, Anthony D ^a   Van Doorn, Wouter G ^b   Jones, M L ^c   Wagstaff, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Ecology; Flower senescence; Horticulture; Pollination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948093237     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470988602.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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