The genetics and biochemistry of floral pigments

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2006, Pages 761-780

  Grotewold, Erich ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Betalains; Carotenoids; Flower color; Pollination

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

FLOWER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PH; PLANT; REVIEW;

FLOWERS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS;

ANIMALIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 33745934443     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.57.032905.105248     Document Type: Review

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