2 Chlorophyll Catabolism and Leaf Coloration
Annual Plant Reviews book series, Volume 26: Senescence Processes in Plants
Stefan Hörtensteiner,
David W. Lee,
Stefan Hörtensteiner
Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, CH-3013 Bern, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this authorDavid W. Lee
Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199 USA
Search for more papers by this authorStefan Hörtensteiner,
David W. Lee,
Stefan Hörtensteiner
Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, CH-3013 Bern, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this authorDavid W. Lee
Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199 USA
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 19 April 2018
This article was originally published in 2007 in Senescence Processes in Plants, Volume 26 (ISBN 9781405139847) of the Annual Plant Reviews book series, this volume edited by Susheng Gan. The article was republished in Annual Plant Reviews online in April 2018.
Abstract
The sections in this article are
- Introduction
- Chlorophyll Catabolites
- The Chlorophyll Degradation Pathway
- Chlorophyll Catabolic Mutants
- Significance of Chlorophyll Breakdown
- The Pigments of Senescing Leaves
- The Function of Anthocyanins in Leaf Senescence
- Conclusions and Perspectives
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