Anthocyanin inheritance and instability in purple basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 289-296

  Phippen, W B ^a   Simon, James E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; APIGENIN; GENISTEIN; KAEMPFEROL; OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT; PIGMENT;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COLOR; CROSS BREEDING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; INHERITANCE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE GENE; REGULATOR GENE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; REVERTANT;

OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 0033922670     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/91.4.289     Document Type: Article

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