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SAFFRON, A SUSTAINABLE CROP WITH POTENTIAL MEDICINAL AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

Article number

806_39

Pages

315 – 322

Language

English

Abstract

Publication

International Symposium on Underutilized Plants for Food Security, Nutrition, Income and Sustainable Development

Authors

J.-A. Fernández

Keywords

germplasm bank, biodiversity, CrocusBank, Crocus sativus, genetic erosion, genetic resources, germplasm

Full text

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.806.39

Online Articles (91)

1. THE ROLE OF TRADITIONAL LEAFY VEGETABLES IN THE FOOD SECURITY OF RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN SOUTH AFRICA

H.J. Vorster | W.S.J. van Rensburg | J.B. Stevens | G.J. Steyn

2. UNDERUTILIZED PLANTS FOR WELL-BEING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

M.P. Jones | S. Sanyang

3. JUST FAMINE FOODS? WHAT CONTRIBUTIONS CAN UNDERUTILIZED PLANTS MAKE TO FOOD SECURITY?

J. Hughes

4. CONTRIBUTION OF NEGLECTED AND UNDERUTILIZED CROPS TO HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY AND HEALTH AMONG RURAL DWELLERS IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA

O.O. Idowu

5. THE CONTRIBUTION OF TRADITIONAL VEGETABLES TO HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY IN TWO COMMUNITIES OF VIHIGA AND MIGORI DISTRICTS, KENYA

B.M. Figueroa | P. Tittonell | K.E. Giller | O. Ohiokpehai

6. PROMOTING UNDERUTILIZED FOOD PLANT SPECIES FOR FOOD SECURITY IN ETHIOPIA: A RESEARCH-BASED TRAINING PROGRAMME

M. Woube

7. EXAMINING THE UNDEREXPLOITED VALUES OF COCOYAMS (COLOCASIA AND XANTHOSOMA SPECIES) FOR ENHANCED HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY, NUTRITION AND ECONOMY IN NIGERIA

K.C. Ekwe | K.I. Nwosu | C.C. Ekwe | I. Nwachukwu

8. INTEGRATED APPROACHES IN SMALL MILLETS CONSERVATION: A CASE FROM KOLLI HILLS, INDIA

E.D.I.O. King | V.A. Nambi | L. Nagarajan

9. SECURING FOOD IN THE HUNGRY SEASON: ROLE OF THE BAOBAB TREE

G. Kranjac-Berisavljevic | Y.I. Balma | B.Z. Gandaa

10. CONSUMPTION OF DRYLAND INDIGENOUS FRUITS TO IMPROVE LIVELIHOODS IN KENYA: THE CASE OF MWINGI DISTRICT

P. Simitu | R. Jamnadass | R. Kindt | J. Kimiywe | J. Kungu

11. SECURING FAMILY NUTRITION THROUGH PROMOTION OF HOME GARDENS: UNDERUTILIZED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN NEPAL

R. Gautam | R. Suwal | B.R. Sthapit

12. UNDERUTILIZED PLANT SPECIES: IMPLICATIONS IN HOMESTEAD FARMING

S.K. Mitra | P.K. Pathak

13. A MULTIPURPOSE CABBAGE TREE (MORINGA STENOPETALA): PRODUCTION, UTILIZATION AND MARKETING IN SNNPR, ETHIOPIA

A. Tenaye | E. Geta | E. Hebana

14. WILD LEAFY VEGETABLES IN THE COMMUNITY OF SÉGUÉNÉGA, NORTHERN BURKINA FASO AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO FOOD SECURITY AND INCOME GENERATION

B. Belem | B.C. Sane | E.L.Y. Ouattara | P.G. Sama | J. Boussim

15. THE ROLE OF INDIGENOUS FRUIT TREES IN RURAL LIVELIHOODS: THE CASE OF COMMUNITIES IN THE MWEKERA AREA, COPPERBELT PROVINCE, ZAMBIA

F.K. Kalaba | P.W. Chirwa | H. Prozesky | C. Ham

16. BAMLINK – A CROSS DISCIPLINARY PROGRAMME TO ENHANCE THE ROLE OF BAMBARA GROUNDNUT (VIGNA SUBTERRANEA L. VERDC.) FOR FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA AND INDIA

17. TOWARDS MOLECULAR BREEDING OF PIGEONPEA (CAJANUS CAJAN (L.) MILLSP.): A CASE FOR INCREASED PRODUCTION IN AFRICA

D.A. Odeny | C. Gebhardt

18. THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITIES IN PROMOTING UNDERUTILIZED CROPS: THE CASE OF MASENO UNIVERSITY, KENYA

M.O. Abukutsa-Onyango

19. UNDERUTILIZED PLANTS OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

D. Nandwani | J. Tenorio

20. STUDIES ON THE OPTIMUM MINISETT SIZES FOR RAPID MULTIPLICATION OF RIZGA (PLECTRANTHUS ESCULENTUS), HAUSA POTATO (SOLENOSTERUM ROTUNDIFOLIUM), AND TURMERIC (CURCUMA LONGA) IN NIGERIA

O.N. Eke-Okoro | A.O. Olojede | C. Nwadili

21. EFFECTS OF INTERCROPPING ON FRESH LEAF YIELD OF AMARANTH (A. DUBIUS) IN WESTERN KENYA

M.N. Ng'ang'a | R.M. Muasya | E. Omami | O. Ohiokpehai

22. EFFECTS OF PICKING FREQUENCY ON THE YIELD OF THE GRAIN AMARANTH (AMARANTHUS HYPOCHONDRIACUS) GROWN IN A GREENHOUSE

C.N. Gichunge | F. Kidwaro | O. Ohiokpehai | E. Oyoo

23. PHYTOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS AND FREE RADICALS SCAVENGING ACTIVITY OF EXTRACTS FROM SEA BUCKTHORN FRUITS (HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES)

C. Papuc | V. Nicorescu | D.C. Crivineanu | G. Goran

24. UNDERUTILIZED FOREST PLANTS IN TRADITIONAL HEALTHCARE AND NUTRITION IN SEKOTA WOREDA, AMHARA REGION, ETHIOPIA

M.F. Adekunle | M. Hailu | L. Mitiku

25. IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL FRUITS CONSUMPTION IN DIET BALANCE IN BURKINA FASO, WEST AFRICA

N. Lamien | P. Lingani-Coulibaly | J. Traore-Gue

26. CONSUMPTION OF TRADITIONAL AND EXOTIC VEGETABLES AND THEIR PERCEIVED AND REAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO NUTRITIONAL HEALTH IN TANZANIA

G.B. Keding | M.B. Krawinkel | B.L. Maass | D. Virchow | J.M. Msuya

27. IRON, ZINC AND β-CAROTENE NUTRIENT POTENTIAL OF NON-CULTIVATED INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES IN TANZANIA

J.M. Msuya | P. Mamiro | K. Weinberger

28. LET’S GO LOCAL INITIATIVE IN POHNPEI, MICRONESIA FOR PROMOTING UNDERUTILIZED CROPS

L. Englberger | A. Lorens

29. UNDERUTILIZED SPECIES IN THE PACIFIC: AN UNTAPPED SOURCE OF NUTRITIONAL AND ECONOMIC WEALTH

M. Taylor | T. Kete | V. Tuia

30. NUTRITIONALLY RICH WILD VEGETABLES OF TRIBAL COMMUNITIES OF NORTHEAST INDIA: GAINING INSIGHTS ON VALUABLE TRADITIONAL BIOCULTURAL RESOURCES

31. SCREENING OF ADVANCE BREEDING LINES/CULTIVARS FOR SHELF-LIFE AND BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES DURING STORAGE OF ASH GOURD (BENINCASA HISPIDA)

S. Pandey | A. Jha | M. Rai

32. X-RAY FLUORESCENCE DETECTED VARIATION IN NUTRACEUTIC-IMPLIED MINERAL DENSITY IN UNDERUTILIZED PLANTS MAPPED AS WOMEN-OPERATED SMALLHOLDER UNITS IN THE LAKE VICTORIA BASIN

L.S.M. Akundabweni | A. Namutebi | J. Kimiywe | L. Rweyemamu

33. TISSUE CULTURE OF A YEAR-ROUND FRUITING VARIETY OF ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS L. IN BANGLADESH

F.M.S. Azam | M. Rahmatullah | Ather-uz-Zaman

34. EUGENIA UNIFLORA A NUTRITIOUS, EASY-TO-GROW FRUIT FOR THE TROPICS

J.L. Griffis, Jr. | T.G. McDonald | V.E. Smith | M.M. Manners

35. SAFFLOWER: A WINTER OIL CROP SUITABLE FOR MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENTS

A. Corleto

36. STUDIES ON POMERAC (SYZYGIUM MALACCENSE) CANDIED FRUIT SLICES

G.S.H. Baccus-Taylor | P.D.-A. Frederick | J.O. Akingbala

37. EVALUATION INTO THE PROXIMATE AND FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF MODIFIED BAMBARA (VIGNA SUBTERRANEA (L.) VERDC) ISOLATE – ‘OGI’ MIX

O.S. Fasasi | E.T. Oyebode | D. Olusanya

38. NUTRITIONAL COMPONENTS AND NITROGEN FIXATION IN SEABUCKTHORN (HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES L.)

39. SAFFRON, A SUSTAINABLE CROP WITH POTENTIAL MEDICINAL AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

J.-A. Fernández

40. ASSESSMENT OF THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF WILD LEAFY VEGETABLES CONSUMED IN THE BUHERA DISTRICT OF ZIMBABWE: A PRELIMINARY STUDY

41. GENETIC ANALYSIS AND POWDERY MILDEW RESISTANCE IN BITTER GOURD (MOMORDICA CHARANTIA L.)

M. Yadav | D.B. Singh | R. Chaudhary

42. THE TEJOCOTE (CRATAEGUS SPECIES): A MEXICAN PLANT GENETIC RESOURCE THAT IS WASTED. A REVIEW

C.A. Núñez-Colín

43. THE PROPERTIES OF SEED OIL AND PROTEIN OF THREE UNDERUTILIZED EDIBLE CUCURBITACEAE OF SOUTHWEST NIGERIA

O.C. Adebooye

44. REDUCING THE OLIGOSACCHARIDE AND ANTI-NUTRITIONAL FACTORS CONTENTS OF TWO UNDERUTILIZED GRAIN LEGUMES OF SOUTHWEST NIGERIA

O.C. Adebooye

45. NUTRITIONAL IMPORTANCE OF INDIGENOUS LEAFY VEGETABLES IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

E. Agbo | C. Kouame | A. Mahyao | J.C. N'zi | L. Fondio

46. WEEDS AS UNWANTED PLANT SPECIES: THEIR POSITIVE ASPECTS IN SEMI-ARID AREAS OF CENTRAL TANZANIA

R.S. Shemdoe | F.M. Mbago | I.S. Kikula | P. Van Damme

47. MAINSTREAMING THE USE OF NUTRIENT-RICH UNDERUTILIZED PLANT FOOD RESOURCES IN DIETS CAN POSITIVELY IMPACT ON FAMILY FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY – DATA FROM NORTHEAST INDIA AND WEST AFRICA

I.F. Smith | T. Longvah

48. IN VITRO IRON BIOAVAILABILITY IN SWEET POTATO LEAF RECIPES AS AFFECTED BY PROCESSING METHODS

J.B. Ngegba | J.M. Msuya | R.-Y. Yang

49. UNDERUTILIZED PLANT PRODUCTS AND MARKET ACCESS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

J. Hellin | S. Higman

50. UNDERUTILIZED AFRICAN PLANT BIODIVERSITY FOR NEW CROP DEVELOPMENT

P. Van Damme

51. MARKETING UNDERUTILIZED CROPS TO SUSTAIN AGROBIODIVERSITY AND IMPROVE LIVELIHOODS

F. Kruijssen | A. Giuliani | M. Sudha

52. UNDERUTILIZED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN BANGLADESH: CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATIONAL ECONOMY, POVERTY REDUCTION, HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION

53. FADS OR FIXTURES? THE CHALLENGES OF ESTABLISHING NOVEL PLANT PRODUCTS AS ENDURING FIXTURES IN A CROWDED MARKET

G. le Breton

54. ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES FOR ADDRESSING THE CREDIT ISSUES OF MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES – A CASE STUDY IN SRI LANKA

A.H.M.S.W.B. Abeyrathne | H. Jaenicke | J. Gunaseekara | N. Athapattu | J.A.S. Jayasuriya

55. HOW TO CREATE AN EFFICIENT ORGANIC PRODUCTION AND MARKET FOR UNDERUTILIZED FIELD CROPS: A REVIEW ON THE SLOVENIAN CASE

F. Bavec | S. Grobelnik Mlakar | C. Rozman | M. Turinek | M. Bavec

56. SIGNIFICANCE OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL FOODS IN NAIROBI CITY MARKETS, KENYA

R. Adeka | P. Maundu | M. Imbumi

57. SEED SYSTEMS FOR UNDERUTILIZED CROPS

H.M.I. Ahmed | B.R. Gregg | N.P. Louwaars

58. MARKET OPPORTUNITIES FOR VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS OF UNDERUTILIZED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

T.U. Thillakawardane

59. CULTIVATION AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF EDIBLE MUSHROOMS IN KENYA: A REVIEW OF PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES FOR SMALLHOLDER PRODUCTION

M.W. Gateri | A.W. Muriuki | M.W. Waiganjo | P. Ngeli

60. PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF AFRICAN INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES IN THE ARUMERU DISTRICT OF TANZANIA: ASSESSING POSTHARVEST LOSS AND PROCESSING POTENTIAL

I.N. Barry | H. Jaenicke | G.N. Pichop | D. Virchow

61. SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF URBAN MARKETS SUPPLY CHAINS OF INDIGENOUS LEAFY VEGETABLES IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

62. MARKETING OF CHERIMOYA IN THE ANDES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RURAL POOR AND AS A TOOL FOR AGROBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

W. Vanhove | P. Van Damme

63. VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS IN RELATION TO PROCESSING AND MARKETING OF THREE UNDERUTILIZED FRUITS IN INDIA

J.N. Daniel

64. ORGANOLEPTIC ATTRIBUTES AND YIELD OF PRODUCTS FROM PARINARI CURATELLIFOLIA, STRYCHNOS COCCULOIDES, MANGIFERA INDICA, UAPACA KIRKIANA AND VITEX DONIANA IN MALAWI

J.L. Mhango | C.R. Munthali | T. Tumeo

65. PRODUCTION CHAIN OF OECOPETALUM MEXICANUM (‘CACHICHÍN’): A TROPICAL FRUIT TREE FROM MÉXICO

M. Lascurain | C. López | P. Zamora

66. MANUFACTURE OF CHANTERELLE PRESERVES (CANTHARELLUS CIBARIUS) IN ANALAMANGA REGION, MADAGASCAR

67. SOCIO-ECONOMIC VALUES OF TAMARIND (TAMARINDUS INDICA L.) AND NEREID (PARKIA BIGLOBOSA BENTH) RESOURCES IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

K.E. Koffi | N. Diarrassouba

68. STUDIES ON KOKUM (GARCINIA INDICA CHOISY), AN UNDERUTILIZED ANTI-OBESITY FRUIT TREE OF WESTERN GHATS OF SOUTH INDIA

S. Patil | K.N. Kattimani

69. USE IT OR LOSE IT: IMPROVING THE CONSERVATION/USE LINK AS A TOOL TO SUSTAIN AGROBIODIVERSITY

N. Maxted

70. PROMOTION OF UNDERUTILIZED CROPS FOR INCOME GENERATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

N.G. Hegde

71. INDUCED MALE-STERILITY ALTERS DRY MATTER DISTRIBUTION IN SOLANUM VILLOSUM MILL.

C.O. Ojiewo | K. Murakami | M. Masuda | S.G. Agong

72. INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES OF INDIA WITH POTENTIALS FOR IMPROVING LIVELIHOOD

M.L. Chadha

73. UNDERUTILIZED CROPS AND INVASIVE SPECIES – UNDERSTANDING THE LINKS

N. Pasiecznik | H. Jaenicke

74. USE OF POOR QUALITY WATER TO PRODUCE HIGH BIOMASS YIELDS OF GIANT REED (ARUNDO DONAX L.) ON MARGINAL LANDS FOR BIOFUEL OR PULP/PAPER

75. DEVIL’S CLAW: HOW TO BRIDGE BETWEEN OVEREXPLOITATION AND UNDERUTILIZATION

D. Cole | A. Bustan

76. BOTANIC GARDENS – PROMOTING THE USE OF UNDERUTILIZED PLANTS FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION AND HEALTH

S. Sharrock

77. IMPACTS OF UNDERUTILIZED PLANT SPECIES PROMOTION ON BIODIVERSITY

H. Jaenicke | I.K. Dawson | L. Guarino | M. Hermann

78. UNDERUTILIZED CEREALS, PULSES AND VEGETABLES IN TROPICAL AFRICA AND THEIR THREATS: CONCLUSIONS FROM PROTA 1 AND 2

J.S. Siemonsma | R.H.M.J. Lemmens

79. FIRST AND SECOND GENERATION RESEARCH EFFORTS ON COMMODITISING INDIGENOUS FRUIT TREE CROPS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

F.K. Akinnifesi | S.A. Mng'omba | G. Sileshi | O.C. Ajayi | J.L. Mhango

80. UNDERUTILIZED PLANT RESOURCES IN TINOC, IFUGAO, CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, LUZON ISLAND, PHILIPPINES

T.D. Balangcod | A.K. Balangcod

81. INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE, TRADITIONAL MANAGEMENT AND GENETIC DIVERSITY OF THE ENDOGENOUS AGROFORESTRY SPECIES ACKEE (BLIGHIA SAPIDA) IN BENIN

M.R.M. Ekué | O. Gailing | R. Finkeldey | O. Eyog-Matig

82. ANALYSIS OF VULNERABILITY AND DETERMINANTS OF ENSET PRODUCTION IN WOLAITA, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA

A. Tenaye | E. Geta

83. CONSOLIDATING COMMUNITY’S ROLE IN LOCAL CROP DEVELOPMENT BY PROMOTING FARMER INNOVATION TO MAXIMISE THE USE OF LOCAL CROP DIVERSITY FOR THE WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE

B.R. Sthapit | V.R. Rao

84. HOME GARDENS AND THEIR ROLES IN DOMESTICATION OF WILD AND UNCULTIVATED PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES IN NEPAL

R. Gautam | S. Sunwar | A. Subedi | P. Shrestha | B.R. Sthapit

85. DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE OF LESSER-KNOWN PLANT SPECIES OF FOOD AND ETHNOMEDICINAL POTENTIAL IN TROPICAL RAINFOREST ECOSYSTEM OF SOUTHWEST NIGERIA

V.A.J. Adekunle

86. GERMPLASM CHARACTERIZATION OF AFRICAN YAM BEAN FROM SOUTHWEST NIGERIA

S.R. Akande

87. THE FUTURE OF WILD FOOD PLANTS IN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA: ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION COUPLED WITH ENHANCEMENT OF THE ROLES OF KEY SOCIAL GROUPS

Z. Asfaw

88. SHIFTING CULTIVATION (JHUM) AGROBIODIVERSITY AT STAKE: BANGLADESH SITUATION

M.K. Alam | M. Mohiuddin

89. UNUTILIZED POTENTIAL OF TRUE SERVICE TREE (SORBUS DOMESTICA L.)

J. Brindza | J. Červeňáková | D. Tóth | D. Bíro | J. Sajbidor

90. EFFECT OF N-FERTILIZATION ON YIELD COMPONENTS OF NIGHTSHADE

G.N. Mwai | M.O.A. Onyango | J.C. Onyango | M.L. Chadha | M.O. Oluoch

91. EFFECT OF PLANTING DENSITY ON YIELD COMPONENTS OF NIGHTSHADE

G.N. Mwai | M.O.A. Onyango | J.C. Onyango | M.L. Chadha | M.O. Oluoch