Arrest of chlorophyll accumulation prior to anthocyanin formation in Euphorbia pulcherrima

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 843-848

  Kannangara, C Gamini ^a   Hansson, Mats ^b  

^a CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aminolevulinate; Chlorophyll; Euphorbia pulcherrima; Flowering; Mg chelatase; Photoperiodism

Indexed keywords

EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA;

EID: 0032418654     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(99)80001-1     Document Type: Article

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