Patterns of pigment changes in apple fruits during adaptation to high sunlight and sunscald development

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 6-8, 2002, Pages 679-684

  Merzlyak, Mark N ^a   Solovchenko, Alexei E ^a   Chivkunova, Olga B ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Anthocyanins; Apples; Carotenoids; Chlorophylls; Flavonoids; Photodamage

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0036619368     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(02)01408-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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