Supplementary ultraviolet radiation B together with blue light at night increased quercetin content and flavonol synthase gene expression in leaf lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.)

Environmental Control in Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Ebisawa, Masanori ^a,c   Shoji, Kazuhiro ^a,c   Kato, Mieko ^b   Shimomura, Koichiro ^b   Goto, Fumiyuki ^a   Yoshihara, Toshihiro ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blue light; Flavonol synthase gene; Leaf lettuce; Quercetin; Ultraviolet radiation B

Indexed keywords

EID: 67149085397     PISSN: 1880554X     EISSN: 18830986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2525/ecb.46.1     Document Type: Article

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