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| Color-formation of Chinese Kale Stalk under High Temperature |
| Liu Houcheng; Huang Qin; Chen Riyuan; et al. |
| College of Horticulture; South China Agricultural University; Guangzhou 510642 |
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Abstract The stalk pigments and correlate factors in three Chinese kale (Brassica alboglabra Bailey) cultivars under high temperature were studied. The results showed that the contents of chlorophyll, anthocyanin and flavonoid were highest in Jianyexia,followed by Hetang. The order of contents of organic acid was Jianyexia > Zhonghua > Hetang. There were higher phenylalanine ammonialyase (PAL) activities in cultivar which had higher anthocyanin content. The stalk color of Chinese kale was syntheses of chloroph...
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Received: 26 December 2002
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