Growth of Arabidopsis flavonoid mutant is challenged by radiation longer than the UV-B band

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 213-224

  Fiscus, Edwin L ^a,b   Booker, Fitzgerald L ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Damage spectrum; Flavonoid mutants; UV B

Indexed keywords

CHALCONE ISOMERASE;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MUTANT; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0036896370     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(02)00038-2     Document Type: Article

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