Why leaves turn red in autumn. The role of anthocyanins in senescing leaves of red-osier dogwood

Plant Physiology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 566-574

  Feild, T S ^a   Lee, D W ^a   Holbrook, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; CHLOROPLAST; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MESOPHYLL; PHOTON FLUX; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PIGMENTATION; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT RESPONSE; RED LIGHT; SEASON; SENESCENCE; WAVELENGTH;

CELLS; CHLOROPHYLL; LIGHT ABSORPTION;

SENESCING LEAVES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CORNUS; CORNUS SERICEA; CORNUS SERICEA SERICEA; CORNUS STOLONIFERA; SALIX VIMINALIS;

EID: 0034778094     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.010063     Document Type: Article

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