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Breeding research on rose pigments. 1. The occurrence of flavonoids and carotenoids in rose petals

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As a preamble to a breeding programme for colour in roses, the relative quantities of carotenoids, cyanidin, pelargonidin, quercetin and kaempferol were determined in about 200 varieties and some species. Cyanidin was about normally distributed among red varieties, as were carotenoids and flavonols among white and yellow varieties. A positive relationship between pelargonidin and kaempferol was established, and a negative one between pelargonidin and quercetin. No other relations were found between the pigments.

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  1. Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding (IVT), Wageningen, the Netherlands

    D. P. de Vries, H. A. Van Keulen & J. W. De Bruyn

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de Vries, D.P., Van Keulen, H.A. & De Bruyn, J.W. Breeding research on rose pigments. 1. The occurrence of flavonoids and carotenoids in rose petals. Euphytica 23, 447–457 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00035892

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