Anthocyanin Accumulation and Chlorophyll Degradation Lead to the Formation of Colourful Leaves of Syringa oblata in Autumn
Meiling Han,
Rui Lu,
Meng Han
et al.
Abstract:Syringa oblata is an important garden plant whose leaf colour turns from green to red in autumn when air temperature and daylength decrease. This study explored the reasons for leaf reddening by detecting phenotypic characteristics and pigment types and contents. With leaf reddening, luminance L * increased and chrominance a * decreased significantly. Chlorophyll and carotenoid contents significantly decreased in accordance with the distribution change of green pigment in leaf cells. Conversely, the red pigmen… Show more
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