Phenylpropanoid compounds in primary leaf tissues of rye (Secale cereale). Light response of their metabolism and the possible role in UV-B protection

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 160-168

  Reuber, Sebastian ^a   Bornman, Janet F ^b   Weissenböck, Gottfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chalcone synthase; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Fibre optics; Flavonoids; Phenylalanine ammonia lyase; Primary leaf; Rye; Secale cereale; Tissue localization; UV radiation; UV B penetration

Indexed keywords

SECALE CEREALE; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 4243163642     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1996.tb00492.x     Document Type: Article

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