Effect of sunlight on phenolic compounds accumulation in coniferous plants

Dendrobiology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2008, Pages 03-07

  Brzezińska, Ewa ^a   Kozłowska, Monika ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Flavones; Juniperus communis; Light conditions; Taxus baccata; Thuja occidentalis

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS; TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA; THUJA; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 63049089114     PISSN: 16411307     EISSN: 16411307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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