Clonal selection of saffron (Crocus sativus L.): The first optimistic experimental results

Euphytica

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-99

  Agayev, Yusif Musa oghlu ^a,b   Fernandez, Jose Antonio ^c   Zarifi, Eissa ^d,e  

^a AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF IRAN ABRII   (Iran)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Azerbaijan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^d SEED AND PLANT IMPROVEMENT INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^e ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Big corm index; Creating new cultivars; Extraordinary clones; Heterogeneity of saffron populations; Multiflorous clones; Saffron clonal selection; Superior clones

Indexed keywords

CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS;

EID: 70349983519     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-009-9946-z     Document Type: Article

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