Cultivation techniques, morphology and enzymatic properties of Crocus sativus L.

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 650, Issue , 2004, Pages 227-246

  Keyhani, Ezzatollah ^a,b   Keyhani, Jacqueline ^b   Hadizadeh, Mahnaz ^a   Ghamsari, Lila ^a   Attar, Farnoosh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Laboratory for Life Sciences   (Iran)

Author keywords

Corms; Cultivation media; Enzymes; Roots; Salinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249314219     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.650.26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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