Breeding for postharvest performance in chrysanthemum by selection against storage-induced degreening of disk florets

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 124, Issue , 2017, Pages 45-53

  van Geest, Geert ^a,b   Post, Aike ^b   Arens, Paul ^a   Visser, Richard G F ^a   van Meeteren, Uulke ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Deliflor Chrysanten bv   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breeding; Carbohydrate; Chrysanthemum; Phenotyping; Vase life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992091934     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2016.09.003     Document Type: Article

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