Muriel Wheldale Onslow and the Rediscovery of Anthocyanin Function in Plants

Recent Advances in Polyphenol Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 206-225

  Gould, Kevin S ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin function crops facing global climate change; Anthocyanin function nutrient retrieval enhancement from senescing foliage; Anthocyanins in vegetative tissues functional hypothesis; Muriel Wheldale Onslow biography; Muriel Wheldale Onslow and plant Anthocyanin Function rediscovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876445869     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444323375.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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