Agro-ecological zoning and potential yield of saffron in Khorasan-Iran

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 298-305

  Behdani, Mohammad Ali ^a   Koocheki, A ^b   Rezvani, P ^b   AL Ahmadi, M Jami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

^b FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Farm age; Flowering; GIS; Irrigation interval; Manure; Zonation

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOWERING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; IRAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; PLANT YIELD; SAFFRON; ZONATION;

EID: 52349109507     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2008.298.305     Document Type: Article

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