Carotenoid metabolism and regulation in horticultural crops

Horticulture Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yuan, Hui ^a   Zhang, Junxiang ^b   Nageswaran, Divyashree ^a   Li, Li ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84940942312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20527276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hortres.2015.36     Document Type: Review

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