Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) activity and its relationship to anthocyanin and flavonoid levels in New Zealand-grown apple cultivars

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 281-285

  Lister, Carolyn E ^a   Lancaster, Jane E ^a   Walker, John R L ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Development; Malus domestica; Phenolics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000598093     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.121.2.281     Document Type: Article

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