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Senescence of Flowers and Ornamentals — Basic Principles and Considerations

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Postharvest Biotechnology of Flowers and Ornamental Plants

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Senescence is one of the least well-defined steps in biological development. The gross change of a series of changes leading finally to death of an organism has been referred to as senescence, Sacher [1] defined senescence as the final phase in the ontogeny of the organ in which a series of normally irreversible events is initiated that leads to cellular breakdown and death of the organ. Senescence of higher plants is classified into three major types [2, 4]: (a) population senescence (e.g. annual plants), (b) organism or individual plant senescence, and (c) determinate organ senescence (e.g. leaves, fruits, flowers, petals etc.).

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Salunkhe, D.K., Bhat, N.R., Desai, B.B. (1990). Senescence of Flowers and Ornamentals — Basic Principles and Considerations. In: Postharvest Biotechnology of Flowers and Ornamental Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73803-6_2

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