ISHS Acta Horticulturae 181: III International Symposium on Postharvest Physiology of Ornamentals
CELL SIZE IN ROSE PETALS, AN INDICATOR FOR QUALITY OF VASE LIFE |
| Author: | C.E.M. Berkholst |
| Abstract:
From early stages of flower opening (stage 1 and beyond), the petal epidermis shows merely cell enlargement, i.e. not accompanied by cell division, during subsequent flower development. However, cell enlargement ceases before reaching proper size when visual disorders of physiological nature emerge in the corolla. | |
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