Article
First Report of Corm Rot on Saffron Caused by Penicillium solitum in China
2020-02-01
Abstract excerpt
Saffron produced from saffron crocus (Crocus sativus L.), a valuable Chinese herbal medicine, is used in food, cosmetics, and medicine due to specific secondary metabolites such as crocin and crocetin. It is widely cultivated in western Asia. In spring of 2018, a corm rot disease was observed on saffron with an incidence of almost 5% at a farm in Jiande city, Zhejiang province, China. Early symptoms observed inclu...
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- Literature Corpus work
- c848dd16-4197-5008-8e11-f9a851877735
- DOI
- 10.1094/pdis-09-19-1927-pdn
