1 An Introduction to Plant Pigments in Biology and Commerce
Annual Plant Reviews book series, Volume 14: Plant Pigments and their Manipulation
Kevin M. Davies,
Kevin M. Davies
New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research Limited, Private Bag 11-600, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Search for more papers by this authorKevin M. Davies,
Kevin M. Davies
New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research Limited, Private Bag 11-600, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Search for more papers by this authorThis article was originally published in 2004 in Plant Pigments and their Manipulation, Volume 14 (ISBN 9781405117371) of the Annual Plant Reviews book series, this volume edited by Kevin M. Davies. The article was republished in Annual Plant Reviews online in April 2018.
Abstract
The sections in this article are
- Introduction
- Plant Pigmentation
- The Functions of Pigments in Plants
- Economic Aspects of Plant Pigments
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