Cultivar differences in anthocyanin and carotenoid pigments in the petals of the flowering lotus (Nelumbo spp.)

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 812-817

  Katori, Masato ^a   Watanabe, Keiichi ^b   Nomura, Kazunari ^b   Yoneda, Kazuo ^b  

^a Sawara Munic Aquatic Bot Garden   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Carotenoid; Flowering lotus; Nelumbo spp.; Pigment

Indexed keywords

LOTUS; NELUMBO; NELUMBO LUTEA; NELUMBO NUCIFERA;

EID: 0036857374     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.71.812     Document Type: Article

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