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Ethylene and Flower Senescence

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Ethylene

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The flower is a complex organ consisting of reproductive and vegetative tissues, each with differing rates of metabolism and senescence, which respond differently to exogenous ethylene. Furthermore, abscission layers may occur in some parts of the flower so that entire organs may abscind without obvious symptoms of the effects of ethylene on the component tissues. Thus flower senescence is a subjective term and includes a range of phenomena from loss of turgour of individual petals to the shedding of an entire corolla.

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Nichols, R. (1984). Ethylene and Flower Senescence. In: Fuchs, Y., Chalutz, E. (eds) Ethylene. Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6178-4_16

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