Ethylene and Senescence Processes

The Plant Hormone Ethylene

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 305-341

  Graham, Laura E ^a   Schippers, Jos H M ^b   Dijkwel, Paul P ^c   Wagstaff, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

1 methylcyclopropene (1 MCP); Arabidopsis; Hordeum vulgare; Leaf; Petal; Petunia; Pod; Post harvest; Senescence; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948173442     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118223086.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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