Foliar application of chitosan activates artemisinin biosynthesis in Artemisia annua L.

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 176-182

  Lei, Caiyan ^a,b,c   Ma, Dongming ^a,c   Pu, Gaobin ^a,c   Qiu, Xiaofang ^a,c   Du, Zhigao ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Li, Guofeng ^a   Ye, Hechun ^a   Liu, Benye ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Artemisia annua; Artemisinin; Chitosan; Gene expression; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTEMISININ; CHITOSAN TREATMENT; COMMERCIAL SOURCES; CONTROL VALUES; FIELD CULTIVATION; FOLIAR APPLICATION; GLOBAL SCALE; HARMFUL EFFECTS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIMPLE METHOD; SUPEROXIDE ANIONS;

ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHITOSAN; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN;

CHITIN;

ANTIBIOTICS; FOLIAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; HERB; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALARIA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA;

EID: 78649706753     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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