Modeling saffron flowering time across a temperature gradient

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 650, Issue , 2004, Pages 215-218

  Behdani, Mamad A ^a   Nassiri, Mehdi ^b   Koocheki, Alireza A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

^b FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Crocus sativus; Flower emergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 52349106455     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.650.24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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