How to make a red flower: The combinatorial effect of pigments

AoB PLANTS

Volumn 8, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Ng, Julienne ^a   Smith, Stacey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Biochemical pathway; Carotenoids; Flower colour; Pigments; Solanaceae

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010651463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plw013     Document Type: Article

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