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Changes in pigments and total phenolics inArtemisia species grown at different altitudes in the Garhwal Himalaya

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With increasing altitude, the concentrations of chlorophyll (chl), carotenoids and phenolics decreased but the chla :b ratio increased in the fourArtemisia species grown at four altitudes. The increase in chla : b ratio was due to a reduction in chlb content. The changes in anthocyanin content were irregular. Thus phenolics and anthocyanin pools may be differently regulated along an altitudinal gradient.

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  1. N. P. Todaria

    Present address: Photosynthesis Laboratory, B. L. Komarov Botanical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Popov Street No. 2, 197022, Leningrad, USSR

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  1. Botany Department, Garhwal University, Srinagar (Garhwal), 246174, U.P., India

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Todaria, N.P. Changes in pigments and total phenolics inArtemisia species grown at different altitudes in the Garhwal Himalaya. Biol Plant 28, 307–309 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02902300

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