Genetic variation and heritability of agro-morphological and phytochemical traits in Iranian saffron (Crocus sativus L.) populations

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 401-406

  Baghalian, K ^a   Sheshtamand, M Shabani ^b   Jamshidi, A H ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breeding; Crocins; Diversity; Heritability; Picrcrocin; Safranal

Indexed keywords

BROAD-SENSE HERITABILITY; CLONAL SELECTION; COMBINED ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROCUS SATIVUS; ECOLOGICAL AREA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGINS; LEAF LENGTH; MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS; PHENOTYPIC DIVERSITY; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FOOD ADDITIVES; GENES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

CLONAL ORGANISM; CORRELATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT BREEDING; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS;

ECOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PLANT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 76449100942     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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