Study on Yield and Corm Regeneration of Saffron through Different Planting Geometry Patterns

Ali, Gowhar; Khan, Mian Sayed; Nehvi, F. A.; Dar, Shabir Ahmad; Nagoo, Shaheena; Naseer, S.; Alie, Bashir Ahmad; Hassan, Mir G.

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.708.058

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“…In recent years, global saffron production has been facing difficult challenges in productivity, with a decline observed in almost all producing countries, due to the use of ?subpar planting material [12]. In this pursuit, genetic variations serve as a fundamental tool for developing new cultivars with improved traits related to yield and quality [30]. The breeding for improved nutritional quality has played a pivotal role in solving the problem of malnutrition especially for the community, including animals [31].…”

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Estimation of Genetic Variability in Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) Germplasm for Morphological and Quality Traits

Fazil S,

Iqbal,

Sofi

et al. 2024

J. Sci. Res. Rep.

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Crop improvement relies heavily on the genetic variability present within the gene pool. Understanding the nature and extent of genetic variations within germplasm is essential for breeders to design effective breeding programs. The present investigation comprised of 35 germplasm lines of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) conducted in a RCBD with three replications at ARSSSS, SKUAST-K, Pampore. Observations were recorded on morphological, yield, and quality traits for the assessment of genetic variability and other parameters. The findings revealed significant differences among germplasm lines, indicating substantial variability across all traits. Phenotypic coefficient of variation consistently exceeded the genotypic coefficient of variation (GCV) for all characters, with stigma length exhibiting the highest PCV (25.24%) and GCV (24.08%), while the number of days taken to first flush demonstrated the lowest PCV (1.84%) and GCV (1.66%). The study reported high broad-sense heritability for all traits, ranging from 75.1% for corm diameter to 99.2% for the number of leaves. Notably, safranal content, stigma length, and fresh weight of pistil displayed the highest heritability and genetic advance over mean. Correlation analysis revealed significant associations, with dry weight of stigma exhibiting positive correlations with various traits, including pistil length, stigma length, and safranal content, while displaying negative correlations with outer tepal width, inner tepal width, and number of leaves per corm/plant. Path coefficient analyses underscored the importance of traits such as pistil length, fresh weight of pistil, stigma length, and style length and the UPGMA clustering method categorized saffron genotypes into five clusters. The study reports the morphological characterization and genetic variability of diverse saffron genotypes, which could be used for future saffron breeding programs especially clonal selection from the available germplasm resources is of prime importance.

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Estimation of Genetic Variability in Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) Germplasm for Morphological and Quality Traits

Fazil S,

Iqbal,

Sofi

et al. 2024

J. Sci. Res. Rep.

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“…Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is a perennial crop (Koocheki and Seyyedi, 2015;Ali et al, 2018;Azizi -Zohan et al, 2009;Askari-Khorasgan, 2019) which widely adopt in arid and semi-arid regions of the world (Lage and Cantrell, 2009;Sepaskhah and Kamgar-Haghighi, 2009;Alizadeh et al, 2009;Yarami et al, 2011). The dry stigma of saffron is the most expensive spice in the world because it contains the compounds crocin (C 44 H 64 O 24 ), picrocrocin (C 16 H 26 O 7 ) and safranal (C 10 H 14 O) (Cardone et al, 2019, Melnyk et al, 2010Zeka et al, 2015).…”

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The saffron plant´s generative corm generation and stigma yield are influenced by planting methods and corm depths

Ahmadi,

Ryan,

Shafiqi

et al. 2023

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Planting methods and corm depth may damage the underground corms of saffron during the dormant period in heavy rainfall areas. Consideration of proper planting methods and corm depth will lead to a higher yield of saffron. This research was conducted for two successive seasons (2020 -2021 and 2021 -2022) to study the influence of planting method and corm depth on the dry stigma and generative corm yield of saffron. The experiment was a factorial combination of two planting methods (ridge and flat) and three corm depths (10 cm, 15 cm, and 20 cm), laid out as a randomized complete block design (RCBD). Results revealed that dry sigma yield (DSY) and generative corm yield (GCY) were significantly influenced by the main and interaction effects of planting method and corm depth. In flat cultivation, both DSY and GCY were considerably higher than the ridge method in both years. In the case of corm depth, 15 cm and 20 cm produced the highest DSY. The interaction effects showed that the flat method in 15cm corm depth produced more DSY and GCY.Moreover, a strong positive correlation was obtained among the days to flowering (DTF) and flowering interval days (FID) first year, the number of flowers (NF) and DSY in both years and among the DSY and the number of generative corms (> 8 g). Hence, the flat method and 15 cm corm depth are recommended for optimum yield in the study area.

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Study on Yield and Corm Regeneration of Saffron through Different Planting Geometry Patterns

Cited by 2 publications

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Estimation of Genetic Variability in Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) Germplasm for Morphological and Quality Traits

Estimation of Genetic Variability in Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) Germplasm for Morphological and Quality Traits

The saffron plant´s generative corm generation and stigma yield are influenced by planting methods and corm depths

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