Yield and yield components of saffron under different cropping systems

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 212-219

  de Juan, José Arturo ^a   López Córcoles, Horacio ^b   Muñoz, Ramona M ^b   Picornell, M Raquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Tecnico Agronomico Provincial de Albacete   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agronomy; Castilla La Mancha (Spain); Crocus sativus L.; Spice production

Indexed keywords

CASTILLA-LA MANCHA (SPAIN); CROCUS SATIVUS; CROCUS SATIVUS L.; CROPPING SYSTEMS; FRESH WEIGHT; MEDIUM SIZE; PER UNIT; PLANTING DENSITY; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE YIELDS; YIELD COMPONENTS;

AGRONOMY; HARVESTING; LANTHANUM;

FOOD ADDITIVES;

AGRONOMY; CROP PRODUCTION; FLOWER; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SPICE; YIELD RESPONSE;

CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS;

AGRONOMY; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; HARVESTING; PLANT; YIELD;

EID: 67651124840     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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