Ethylene Production and the Evaluation of Tolerance to Low-temperature in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:14-15 (article 5) 1998 Yu Shuancang Beijing Vegetable Research Center. Beijing, 100081, P.R. China Cui Hongwen Department of Horticulture. Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China Introduction. As apparently universal response to stress by plants is the production of ethylene. In addition to “normal” production of ethylene, as in fruit […]

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Ultra-weak Luminescence and Chilling-tolerance of Germinating Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Seeds

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:4-6 (article 3) 1997 Yu Shuancang, Cui Hongwen and Yuan Yuxiang Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100 P.R. China Lu Jinyin Department of Basic Science, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling , Shaanxi 712100 P.R. China Phytoluminescence analysis (the technique of phytoultramicroanalysis) was developed in the 1970s. Ultra-weak luminescence (UWL) […]

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