Are red leaves photosynthetically active?

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 799-800

  Pomar, F ^a   Ros Barcelo A ^b  

^a Centro de Investigacions Agrarias de Mabegondo   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Euphorbia; Photochemical and non photochemical quenching; Photosystem 2; Poinsettia

Indexed keywords

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA;

EID: 36448994041     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-007-0164-z     Document Type: Article

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