Optical properties and nondestructive estimation of anthocyanin content in plant leaves

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 38-45

  Gitelson, Anatoly A ^a   Merzlyak, Mark N ^b   Chivkunova, Olga B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; CHLOROPHYLL; PIGMENT;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNUS; IN VIVO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFLECTOMETRY; SENESCENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; ANTHOCYANINS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAVES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ACER; ACER PLATANOIDES; CORNUS; CORNUS SERICEA SERICEA; COTONEASTER; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM ZONALE;

EID: 0035413205     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)074<0038:OPANEO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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