The sun-exposed peel of apple fruit has a higher photosynthetic capacity than the shaded peel

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1038-1048

  Chen, Li Song ^a,b   Cheng, Lailiang ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apple peel; Calvin cycle enzymes; Oxygen evolution; Photochemical quenching; PSII quantum efficiency; Thermal dissipation

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYMES; METABOLITES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM YIELD; QUENCHING; SOLAR ENERGY;

APPLE PEEL; CALVIN CYCLE ENZYMES; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; THERMAL DISSIPATION;

FRUITS;

CHLOROPHYLL; FRUIT; LIGHT EFFECT; ORCHARD; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 35848962990     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP07111     Document Type: Article

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