Colour patterns in vegetative parts of plants deserve more research attention

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 59-60

  Lev Yadun, Simcha ^a   Inbar, Moshe ^a   Izhaki, Ido ^a   Ne'eman, Gidi ^a   Dafni, Amots ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; COLOR; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INNATE IMMUNITY; LETTER; PIGMENTATION; PLANT; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH; SEASON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COLOR; EVOLUTION; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; PIGMENTATION; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH; SEASONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036482587     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(01)02190-2     Document Type: Letter

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