Differential expression of three key anthocyanin biosynthetic genes in a color-changing flower, Viola cornuta cv. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Plant Science

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1333-1342

  Farzad, Maryam ^a   Griesbach, Robert ^b   Hammond, John ^b   Weiss, Martha R ^a   Elmendorf, Heidi G ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin biosynthesis; Floral color change; Light; Pollination; Viola

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; COLOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENES;

BIOSYNTHETIC GENES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CORNUTA; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; VIOLA CORNUTA; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 0344065695     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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