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Temporal accumulation of pigments during colour transformation from white to red in Combretum indicum (L.) DeFilipps (syn. Quisqualis indica L.) flowers

Upashana GhissingNatural Product Biotechnology Group, Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, IndiaView further author information
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Ambika GoswamiNatural Product Biotechnology Group, Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, IndiaView further author information
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Adinpunya MitraNatural Product Biotechnology Group, Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Pages 529-533 | Received 10 Jun 2021, Accepted 15 Sep 2021, Published online: 29 Sep 2021

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