Saffron crocus (Crocus sativus) is a male-sterile, triploid flower crop, and source of the spice
and colorant saffron. For over three millennia, it was cultivated across the Mediterranean …

Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is an autumnal herbaceous flowering plant belonging to the
Iridaceae family. It is considered the most expensive spice in the world and a valuable …

Saffron, also known as “the golden spice”, is one of the most expensive crops in the world.
The expensiveness of saffron comes from its rarity, the tedious harvesting process, and its …

The existence of genetic diversity in Crocus sativus has globally remained a mystery till date.
The study investigated PCR based DNA amplification profile of saffron using ISSR and …

Crocus sativus L.(Saffron) is an economically vital medicinal and aromatic plant. Saffron is
known as the “Golden Condiment” being the world's highest priced spice (€ 30,000/kg) …

BACKGROUND Crocus sativus L. is an autumn‐flowering geophyte belonging to the
Iridaceae family, known for the medicinal and coloring uses of the spice from its dried …

Abstract Background and Aims: Saffron (Crocus sativus) is a sterile triploid (2 n= 3 x= 24)
cultivated species, of unknown origin from other diploid and polyploid species in the genus …

Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is very expensive and, because of this, often subject to
adulteration. Modern genetic fingerprinting techniques are an alternative low cost …

Saffron crocus is a sterile plant species that propagates vegetatively, and consequently,
narrow genetic variation is detected in this species. Besides the narrow genetic variation …

Abstract Saffron (Crocus sativus L.), one of the most important and expensive medicinal
spice products traded internationally, is subject to adulteration by design or default with …