21Jun 2017

AN ATTEMPT OF IN VIVO CULTIVATION OF CROCUS SATIVUS L. IN WESTERN MAHARASHTRA, INDIA.

  • Department of Botany, Govt. Degree College Kishtwar, Kishtwar-182204, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
  • Department of Botany, Yashavantrao Chavan Institute of Science, Satara- 415001, Maharashtra, India
  • Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar-190006, Jammu and Kashmir, India,
  • Biotechnology Division, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) Sanatnagar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
  • Department of Environmental Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune-411007, Maharashtra, India
  • Department of Chemistry, Govt. Degree College Kishtwar, Kishtwar-182204, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
  • Department of Zoology, Govt. Degree College Kishtwar, Kishtwar-182204, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
  • Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune-411007, Maharashtra, India.
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Crocus sativus L. is one of the most precious plant of the world. Its flower contains three key components such as crocins, picrocrocin and safranal. Since ancient times C. sativus is widely being used as medicine, spice and food colorant around the globe. It propagates through rhizomes. It is usually being cultivated in few countries of the world. In the present study an attempt has been made to grow the rhizomes of C. sativus collected from Kishtwar (temperate region) in the Botanical Garden of the Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune (sub-tropical region). During the study, most of the rhizomes grow well, but the flowering stage was not reported. The variation in environmental factors could be the possible reason for this flower less stage of the C. sativus.

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[Mohd. Shahnawaz, Manisha Kashinath Sangale, Hilal Ahmad Qazi, Refaz Ahmad Dar, Tasadoq Hussain Jaweed, Mohd. Yaseen Sirwal, Romana Akhtar, Mansoor Hussain Mattoo, Abid Qayoom Tak and Avinash Bapurao Ade. (2017); AN ATTEMPT OF IN VIVO CULTIVATION OF CROCUS SATIVUS L. IN WESTERN MAHARASHTRA, INDIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jun). 1403-1407] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Mohd. Shahnawaz
Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune-411007, Maharashtra, India

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4550      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4550

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