Light intensity affects the growth and flavonol biosynthesis of Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba L.)

New Forests

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 765-776

  Xu, You ^a   Wang, Guibin ^a   Cao, Fuliang ^a   Zhu, Cancan ^b   Wang, Guangyu ^c   El Kassaby, Yousry A ^c  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Gene expression; Ginkgo biloba; Light intensity; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ECOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLITES; PHENOLS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; GINKGO BILOBA; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA-LYASE; SECONDARY METABOLITES; SEEDLING DEVELOPMENT; SILVICULTURE TREATMENT;

FLAVONOIDS;

EID: 84920709927     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: 15735095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-014-9435-7     Document Type: Article

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