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Abstract
Fourteen cultivars of coleus (Coleus blumei Benth) were found to vary in chlorophyll content, photosynthetic rate, anthocyanin content and number of stomates.Cultivars ;Gaslight' and ;Velvet Rainbow' had 0.17 and 0.92 mg chlorophyll per g of leaves, fresh weight, respectively.Maximum photosynthetic rate (18.7 mg CO(2)/mg Chl.hr) was found in the leaves of ;Pastle Rainbow' and minimum (2.7) in the ;Velvet Rainbow.'Entities:
Year: 1977 PMID: 16659778 PMCID: PMC542342 DOI: 10.1104/pp.59.1.114
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Plant Physiol ISSN: 0032-0889 Impact factor: 8.340