Regulation of the carotenoid content and chloroplast development by levulinic acid

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 139-145

  Jilani, Arshad ^a   Kar, Santosh ^a   Bose, Salil ^a   Tripathy, Baishnab C ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carotenoid biosynthesis; Chlorophyll a fluorescence; Chlorophyll biosynthesis; Chloroplast development; Levulinic acid; LHCPII; Photosystem I; Photosystem II

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM VULGARE;

EID: 0030062031     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1996.tb00194.x     Document Type: Article

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