The pattern of cuticular blue-fluorescing phenolics deposition during the development of Prunus persica leaves

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 261-267

  Stavroulaki, Vassiliki ^a   Nikolopoulos, Dimosthenis ^a   Liakopoulos, Georgios ^a   Karabourniotis, George ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blue fluorescence; Cuticle; Leaf development; Phenolics; Prunus persica L.; Stomata

Indexed keywords

CUTICLE; DICOTYLEDON; DIGITAL MAP; FLUORESCENCE; MATURATION; ONTOGENY; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; STOMATA;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 34250006839     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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