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The climacteric-like behaviour of young, mature and wounded citrus leaves.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 May 2005
Katz Ehud, Riov Joseph, Weiss David, Goldschmidt Eliezer E
Abstract excerpt
Although leaves and other vegetative tissues are generally considered as non-climacteric, citrus leaves show a climacteric system II behaviour after detachment. Upon harvest, young, fully expanded 'Valencia' orange (Citrus sinensis) leaves ( approximately 60-d-old) exhibited two phases of ethylene production. The first phase, up to 6 d after detachment, was characterized by a low and constant ethylene production...
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