One Shade Too Dark

--- tale of condensed tannins in faba bean seed coats 

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Project Information Introduction Objective Hypothesis Materials / Methods
Results and Discussion Conclusions Errors and Future Consideration Acknowledgements Bibliography

Bibliography

1. Loss, S. (1999). Faba bean varieties and markets. Farmnote, 53-96.

2. Vandenburg, A., McVicar, R., Panchuk, K., Brenzil, C., Hartley, S., and Pearse, P. (2005). Faba Bean in Saskatchewan. [Internet].    Avalable: www.agr.gov.sk.ca/docs/crops/pulses/production_information/ FabaBean2004.pdf (2005, November 25).

3. Asiedu, E., Powell, A., and Stuchbury, T. (2000). Cowpea seed coat chemical analysis in relation to storage seed quality. African Crop Science Journal 8, 283-294.

4. Xie, D-Y., and Dixon, R. (2005). Proanthocyanidin biosynthesis-still more questions than answers? Phytochemistry 66, 2127-2144.

5. Saghai-Maroof, M., Soliman, K., Jorgensen, R., and Allard, R. (1984). Ribosomal DNA spacer-length polymorphisms in barley: mendelian inheritance, chromosomal location, and population dynamics. PNAS 81, 8014-8018.

6. Nonaka, G., Muta, M., and Nishioka, I. (1983). Myricatin, galloylflavanonol sulfate and prodelphinidin gallates from Myrica rubra. Phytochemistry 22, 237-241.  

7. Kristiansen, K. (1984). Biosynthesis of procyanidins in barley: genetic control of the conversion of dihydroquercetin to catechin and procyanidins. Carlsberg Res Comm 49, 503-524.  

8. Marles, S., and Gruber, M. (2004). Histochemical characterisation of unextractable seed coat pigments and quantification of extractable lignin in the Brassicaceae. J Sci Food Agric 84, 251-262.

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