Flower color and pigments of intersubgeneric hybrid between white-flowered evergreen and yellow-flowered deciduous azaleas

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 280-282

  Miyajima, Ikuo ^a   Ureshino, Kenji ^a   Kobayashi, Nobuo ^b   Akabane, Masaru ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tatebayashi Azalea Research Station   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azalea; Carotenoid; Isozyme; Rhododendron japonicum f. flavum; Yellow flower

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BETA CAROTENE; CROSSING; CULTIVAR; FLOWER COLOR; HYBRID; INHERITANCE; INTERGENERIC HYBRIDIZATION; ISOENZYME; PIGMENT;

RHODODENDRON INDICUM; RHODODENDRON JAPONICUM; RHODODENDRON KIUSIANUM;

EID: 0034045941     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.69.280     Document Type: Article

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