Development and contraction of contractile roots in Crocus sativus

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 650, Issue , 2004, Pages 55-58

  Khalesi, Maryam ^a   Behboodi, Behrooz Sh ^a   Ebrahimzadeh, Hassan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Saffron; Tuberous roots

Indexed keywords

EID: 40049091906     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.650.4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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