Standard operating procedure of Ukrainian Saffron Cultivation According with Good Agricultural and Collection Practices to assure quality and traceability

Мykhailenko, Olha; Desenko, Volodymyr; Ivanauskas, Liudas; Georgiyants, Victoriya

doi:10.1016/j.indcrop.2020.112376

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“…The soil textures of the selected study sites were sandy loam to clay loam. In Iran’s climatic conditions, sandy soil has been reported as a useful soil for raising the size of corms and flowers along with pH levels 6.8 and 7.8 ( Mykhailenko et al, 2020 ). The percentage of soil organic carbon was significantly higher in location L 1 (1.2%) followed by L 2 (1.0%), L 3 (0.9%), and L 4 (0.8%).…”

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“…The altitude of selected locations varied from 1,472 to 2,591 m amsl. It is understood that saffron's productivity and efficiency have a major impact on altitudinal variability (Mykhailenko et al, 2020). Throughout India, only the Kashmir valley represents one of the most significant saffron growing areas situated at an altitude of 1,585-1,677 m amsl under temperate climatic conditions (Ganaie and Singh, 2019).…”

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“…During the crop period, total rainfall received was 998.9 mm in L 1 , 742.7 mm in L 3 , 1,223.8 mm in L 2 , 598.1 mm in L 6 , 1,195.3 mm in L 4 and 654.8 mm in L 5 , respectively ( Table 1). Reports of previous studies explain the significant influence of climatic factors, viz., rainfall, and temperature on soil organic matter and other nutrients, ultimately affecting saffron cultivation (Kamyabi et al, 2014;Mykhailenko et al, 2020). Relative humidity was observed maximum in location L 2 (60.6%) compared with other locations; however, it was lowest in location L 3 (38.3%).…”

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“…Saffron flowers in the range of 75–100 provide 225–300 stigma threads, which produce only 0.5 g of dry stigma ( Gohari et al, 2013 ). The crop price is very high and varies from 1,500 to 2,200 Euro/kg ( Mykhailenko et al, 2020 ). Nowadays, saffron cultivation is gaining interest due to its major uses in industries, viz ., the textile, dye, drug and culinary adjunct, food additive, coloring, and flavoring industries; furthermore, it has also gained interest for it’s pharmacological properties, e.g., antioxidant, antitumor activity, anticancer, and antimutagenic activity ( Moradi Rikabad et al, 2019 ; Mykhailenko et al, 2020 ).…”

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“…The quality of the saffron entirely depends on the environmental conditions, content and composition of secondary metabolites. The major marker compounds crocins, picrocrocin and safranal are responsible for the coloring, bittering and aromatic powers, respectively ( Siracusa et al, 2010 ; Garcia-Rodriguez et al, 2017 ; Giorgi et al, 2017 ; Mykhailenko et al, 2020 ). Besides the significant amount of information that exists on aspects of physiological, morphological, genotype, chemical, and genetic diversity, there remains a lack of information on different environmental conditions that alter the yield and secondary metabolite profile of the saffron crop.…”

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Agro-Climatic Suitability Evaluation for Saffron Production in Areas of Western Himalaya

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Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is an expensive spice crop cultivated successfully in Iran, Afghanistan, India, Greece, Morocco, Spain, and Italy. The present study was conducted during the periods 2018–2019 and 2019–2020 to evaluate the morphological, yield and quality parameters of saffron in six different regions of non-traditional areas of the western Himalayas. The two experimental factors were “year” and “location.” The experiment was conducted using a factorial randomized block design with three replications. Yield attributes, viz., number of flowers, fresh flower yield, fresh stigma yield and dry stigma yield were significantly higher in location L3 compared to other geographical locations. Dry stigma yield in location L3 was higher by 50.0, 41.2, 33.3, 14.3, and 9.1% compared to locations L6, L5, L1, L4, and L2, respectively. These were characterized by the appropriate climatic conditions, viz., high altitude, sandy-loam texture of the soil, optimum temperature, lesser relative humidity and total rainfall, demonstrating that it is possible to cultivate this spice even in non-traditional areas of the western Himalaya. Positive correlations were established for stigma yield with increased altitude and lesser rainfall. Secondary metabolites viz., crocin and picrocrocin increased significantly with the increase in altitude; however, a reverse trend was recorded for safranal content. Total phenolics and flavonoids were significantly higher in the geographical location of Kinnaur, H.P. (L1) and Bharmour, H.P. (L4). In conclusion, the assessment of different geographical locations and soil types is particularly necessary to encourage saffron production and its qualitative traits. Based on current findings, saffron can be grown successfully in some non-traditional locations of the western Himalayan regions.

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Climate and management factors influence saffron yield in different environments

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The economic yield of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) has a wide range in different parts of the world, and it is not clear why this considerable difference exists. In this research saffron yield and yield components of 13 fields with varied geographic and climatic conditions were studied to determine which factor(s) are more important. Among the studied factors, temperature, field age, soil texture, bulk density, soil and water pH, irrigation events, and growth period had the greatest effect on saffron yield. The highest dry stigma weight, as economic yield, was obtained in three regions of Birjand (27 kg ha−1), Sarayan (24 kg ha−1), and Golshan (23.5 kg ha−1), followed by Neyshabur (18 kg ha−1) and Kashmar (17.5 kg ha−1), which had lower temperatures, coarse soil, balanced soil, and water pH, and longer growth periods. The average yields were increased until the sixth or seventh year (20.8 kg ha−1) and then decreased, however, it seems to be economic before the 10th year. Lower temperatures in early fall were important to stimulate flowering and increase yield in that year, and warm and sunny days in the spring are important for next year yields. We found that the optimal temperature for the first irrigation is ∼16°C and for flowering is ∼5°C–10°C. High‐yield fields did not have higher irrigation water volumes but more irrigation events (6.3), resulting in less water volume per irrigation. No direct relationship was observed between manure consumption and yield; however, processed manure increases yield by improving the soil structure and moisture retention ability. Fields with a complete chemical fertilizer composition had higher yields. It was concluded higher yields are achieved in saffron fields where regions are higher in altitude (at least 1300 m) and lower temperature in early autumn with complete fertilizer composition (especially sulfur and iron). There was no evidence of high salinity sensitivity of saffron.

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Comparative analysis of apocarotenoids and phenolic constituents of Crocus sativus stigmas from 11 countries: Ecological impact

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Standard operating procedure of Ukrainian Saffron Cultivation According with Good Agricultural and Collection Practices to assure quality and traceability

Cited by 34 publications

References 30 publications

Agro-Climatic Suitability Evaluation for Saffron Production in Areas of Western Himalaya

Agro-Climatic Suitability Evaluation for Saffron Production in Areas of Western Himalaya

Climate and management factors influence saffron yield in different environments

Comparative analysis of apocarotenoids and phenolic constituents of Crocus sativus stigmas from 11 countries: Ecological impact

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