Red Coloration in Young Tropical Leaves Associated with Reduced Fungal Pathogen Damage
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The adaptive significance of red coloration in tropical forest leaves remains unclear. In vivo assays show that there is a significant negative correlation between anthocyanin pigments in young leaves and fungal pathogen damage. This supports a previous hypothesis that anthocyanins may protect young leaves from fungal damage during the vulnerable period of leaf expansion.
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Tellez, Peter, Rojas, Enith I., and Van Bael, Sunshine A. 2016. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/28202">Red Coloration in Young Tropical Leaves Associated with Reduced Fungal Pathogen Damage</a>." <em>Biotropica</em>, 48, (2) 150–153. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12303">https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12303</a>.