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Annals of Botany 2005 96(7):1332-1333; doi:10.1093/aob/mci287
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Plant pigments and their manipulation. Annual Plant Reviews Vol 12.

Davies KM, ed. 2004.

Oxford/Boca Raton: Blackwell Publishing/CRC Press, Boca Raton. £110 (hardback). 352 pp.

DAVID LEE

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There are many good reasons for knowing about plant pigments (and for producing a book about them). Plant pigments are important in signalling, as in attracting pollinating and dispersal agents, and repelling herbivores. Plant pigments are obviously physiologically important, and recent research suggests novel protective mechanisms, both photo-protective and anti-oxidative. Plant pigments are economically important, in determining the colours and patterns of attractive flowers and valuable fruits. They are also important nutritionally, with an understanding of emerging new roles in nutrition and in aiding health. With all of this . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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