| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 154 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Medicinal and aromatic plants--industrial profiles, 1027-4502 ; v. 8 |
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Medicinal and aromatic plants--industrial profiles ; v. 8. 1027-4502
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| Contents |
Saffron cultivation : past, present, and future prospects / Moshe Negbi -- Botany, taxonomy, and cytology of C. sativus L. and its allies / Brian Mathew -- Reproduction biology of saffron and its allies / Maria Grilli Caiola -- Saffron chemistry / Dov Basker -- Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) in Italy / Fernando Tammaro -- Saffron cultivation in Azerbaijan / N. Sh. Azizbekova and E.L. Milyaeva -- Saffron cultivation in Greece / Apostolos H. Goliaris -- Saffron cultivation in Morocco / Ahmed Ait-Oubahou and Mohamed El-Otmani -- Saffron technology / Dov Basker -- Saffron in biological and medical research / Fikrat I. Abdullaev and Gerald D. Frenkel -- Mechanized saffron cultivation, including harvesting / Pier Francesco Galigani and Francesco Garbati Pegna -- Sterility and perspectives for genetic improvement of Crocus sativus L. / Giuseppe Chichiriccò -- In vitro propagation and secondary metabolite production in Crocus sativus L. / Ora Plessner and Meira Ziv |
| Summary |
Providing a comprehensive and contemporary overview of the status of this particular genus, this book will be of interest to all those concerned with the study and uses of spices, medicinal and aromatic plants |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Saffron crocus.
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Saffron crocus -- Therapeutic use
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Saffron crocus -- Industrial applications
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Liliaceae.
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Materia medica, Vegetable.
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Medicine, Botanic.
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Botany, Medical.
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Medicinal plants.
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Liliaceae
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Herbal Medicine
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Phytotherapy
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Plants, Medicinal
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Spices
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NATURE -- Plants -- General.
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Medicine, Botanic
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Medicinal plants
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Materia medica, Vegetable
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Liliaceae
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Botany, Medical
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Saffron crocus
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Negbi, Moshe
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| ISBN |
0203303660 |
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9780203303665 |
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9789057023941 |
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9057023946 |
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