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

ABSTRACT: 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

SUBMITTER: Kothari D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8005729 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature