Pigment analysis and tissue culture of Amaranthus cruentus L.

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 958, Issue , 2012, Pages 171-178

  Yaacob, J S ^a   Hwei, L C ^a   Taha, R M ^a   Mat Nor, N A ^b   Aziz, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Amaranthus cruentus; Betacyanin; Coloured callus; Flavonoid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870664128     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2012.958.20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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