On a color change from yellow to red in the floral tissues of a dyer's saffron cultivar

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 697-706

  Fukushima, A ^a   Homma, T ^a   Enomoto, Y ^a   Saito, K ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carthamine accumulation; Color change; Dyer's saffron (Carthamus tinctorius L.) cultivar; Floral tissues; Mogami Benibana

Indexed keywords

CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0030792317     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(97)80286-6     Document Type: Article

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