ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2007, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (1): 161-163. doi: 10.3321/j.issn:1000-7091.2007.01.038

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Studies on Pigment Contents of Growing Leaves in Different Color-leafed Plants

HAO Feng-ge, LI Bao-yin, YANG Li-feng, ZHOU Xiu-mei   

  1. College of Landscape Architecture, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453003, China
  • Received:2006-07-27 Published:2007-02-28

Abstract: The contents of pigments including chlorophyll, carotenoid and anthocyanin in the leaves of several color-leafed plants such as Prunus×Cistena Pissardii, Prunus×Bliriana MeiRenMei, Cotinus coggygria Royal Purple and Malus spectabilis HongBaoShi were determined using spectrophotometry. The results showed that the contents of all the pigments tested in the leaves of Prunus Cistena Pissardii were the highest. The ratio of chlorophyll a/b of Prunus Cistena Pissardii, Prunus Bliriana MeiRenMei, C. coggygria Royal Purple and M. spectabilis HongBaoShi was lower than 3:1. The anthocyanin content from high to low in turn was as follows: Prunus×Cistena Pissardii, Prunus×Bliriana MeiRenMei, C. coggygria Royal Purple, M. spectabilis HongBaoShi, C. coggygria and Chaenomeles speciosa. The anthocyanin took a leading role in color emerging of the purple (red)-leafed plants.

Key words: Color-leafed plants, Chlorophyll, Anthocyanin, Leaf color

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HAO Feng-ge, LI Bao-yin, YANG Li-feng, ZHOU Xiu-mei. Studies on Pigment Contents of Growing Leaves in Different Color-leafed Plants[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2007, 22(1): 161-163. doi: 10.3321/j.issn:1000-7091.2007.01.038.

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