Photoabatement by anthocyanin shields photosynthetic systems from light stress

Photosynthetica

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 451-463

  Smillie, R M ^a   Hetherington, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bauhinia; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Photoinhibition; Radiation colour

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; IRRADIATION; OXIDATION; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYSTEM II; STRESS; TEMPERATURE;

BAUHINIA VARIEGATA;

EID: 0032826075     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007084321859     Document Type: Article

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