Seasonal fluctuations in the concentration of UV-absorbing compounds in the leaves of some Mediterranean plants under field conditions

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 491-500

  Liakoura, V ^a   Manetas, Y ^a   Karabourniotis, G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 0034742755     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.2001.1110409.x     Document Type: Article

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