Development and gene expression in saffron corms

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 650, Issue , 2004, Pages 141-153

  Álvarez Ortí, Manuel ^a   Gómez Gómez, Lourdes ^a   Rubio, Ángela ^a   Escribano, Julio ^a   Pardo, Julia ^a   Jiménez, Felicitas ^a   Fernández, José Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CDNA libraries; Crocus sativus; ESTs; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 40049102773     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.650.14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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