Nitrogen limited red and green leaf lettuce accumulate flavonoid glycosides, caffeic acid derivatives, and sucrose while losing chlorophylls, ?-carotene and xanthophylls

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Becker, Christine ^a,d,e   Urlić, Branimir ^b   Špika, Maja Jukić ^b   Kläring, Hans Peter ^a   Krumbein, Angelika ^a   Baldermann, Susanne ^a   Ban, Smiljana Goreta ^c   Perica, Slavko ^b   Schwarz, Dietmar ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND ORNAMENTAL CROPS   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADRIATIC CROPS AND KARST RECLAMATION   (Croatia)

^c INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE AND TOURISM   (Croatia)

^d Institut Sophia Agrobiotech   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAFFEIC ACID; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; GLYCOSIDE; LACTUCAXANTHIN; NEOXANTHIN; NITROGEN; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIOLAXANTHIN; XANTHOPHYLL; CAFFEIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; FLAVONOID; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; GREEN LEAF LETTUCE; GREENHOUSE; LEAF LETTUCE; NITROGEN DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT RESPONSE; RED LEAF LETTUCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; DEFICIENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LETTUCE; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF;

BETA CAROTENE; CAFFEIC ACIDS; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; FLAVONOIDS; GENOTYPE; GLYCOSIDES; LETTUCE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHENOLS; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA-LYASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; SUCROSE; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84957112138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142867     Document Type: Article

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