Research Note: A New Technique for Reddening Florets: UV-Light Irradiation on Saffron Thistle (Carthamus tinctorius L.) Flowers

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Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 111-112

  Saito, Koshi ^a  

^a Phyto Dye Division   (Japan)

Author keywords

Floret reddening; Saffron thistle (Carthamus tinctorius L.); UV light irradiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035559159     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fstl.2000.0710     Document Type: Article

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