The Saffron Genome [E-Book]

Crocus sativus saffron: A 360 degree overview -- Reference genome of Saffron "The Golden condiment" -- "SaffronOMICS: Novel approaches towards putting saffron data at work" -- Bioinformatics for saffron-omics and crop improvement -- Genetic mapping and molecular markers in Saffron -- Soil Classification, Nutrient Management and Land Cover of Saffron Growing Areas of Kashmir Valley -- Cultromic and metabarcodic insights into saffron-microbiome associations -- "Saffron, bacteria and mycorrhiza" -- Diversity and bioprospection of fungal endophytic microbiome of Crocus sativus L. (saffron) -- Epidemiology and Management of Corm Rot of Saffron -- Pathogenicity and genetic diversity of microbes in Crocus sativus L. and various strategies combating diseases -- Tissue culture techniques for Saffron improvement -- Saffron production under control condition -- Saffron: Metabolomics and quality points of view -- Saffron in phytotherapy : Pharmocological properties and medicinal uses -- Economic Aspects of Saffron in the World -- Marketing prospects for Saffron in domestic market: the case of Moroccan PDO.

This book is about Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) that is the most expensive spice in the world. Though there are other books on saffron but none of them has comprehensive information on saffron genome, transcriptome, proteome, metabolome and microbiome. The book has been divided into five sections and 17 chapters that cover all the areas related to its cultivation, market & economy, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, tissue culture, microbiomics, metagenomics etc. In addition a chapter on molecular markers and their use in molecular genetic mapping in saffron that lacks genetic diversity as a sterile plant paves a way for selection of elite varieties based on the epigenetic variability. A section on in-vitro propagation elaborates on the corm production under controlled conditions. In summary this book encompasses most of the information available on this golden spice.