Effects of heavy metals on plant growths and pigment contents in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Pathology Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 446-452

  Baek, Seung A ^a   Han, Taejun ^a   Ahn, Soon Kil ^a   Kang, Hara ^a   Cho, Myung Rae ^b   Lee, Suk Chan ^c   Im, Kyung Hoan ^a  

^a SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

^b Rural Development Administration   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Arabidopsis; Carotenoids; Heavy metals; Pigment

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84875398501     PISSN: 15982254     EISSN: 20939280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5423/PPJ.NT.01.2012.0006     Document Type: Note

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