Optimization of the explant disinfection method and in vitro multiplication of saffron (Crocus sativus L.).

Saffron (Crocus sativus L.), renowned as the world’s most expensive spice extracted from its stigmas, is an autumn-flowering, sterile triploid geophyte species (2n=3x=24) belonging to the Iridaceae family. It is propagated vegetatively through the development of daughter corms from the mother corm....

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Main Authors: Abdelghani Tahiri, Karra Youssef Karra Youssef, Naima Ait Aabd, Meriyem Koufan, Redouan Qessaoui, Rachid Bouharroud, Abdelaziz Mimouni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Institute of Agronomic Research "INRA" Morocco 2023-06-01
Series:African and Mediterranean Agricultural Journal - Al Awamia
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Online Access:https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/Afrimed/article/view/41151