@article{MIR_AHMED_KHAN_MOKHDOMI_WANI_BUKHARI_AMIN_QADRI_2015, title={Molecular Characterization of Saffron-Potential Candidates for Crop Improvement}, volume={7}, url={https://www.notulaebiologicae.ro/index.php/nsb/article/view/9346}, DOI={10.15835/nsb719346}, abstractNote={<p style="text-align: justify;">In this study, thirty one (31) morphologically distinct selections of saffron crop were used for molecular characterization. Molecular characterization was done through SSR, ISSR and RAPD markers. RAPD and ISSR markers showed significant variation; however, SSR markers did not reveal any variation between the selected clones. The Jaccard’s similarity coefficient ranged from 0.94 to 1.00 with an average of 0.98 among all 31 selections used. Minimum similarity value (0.94) was observed between CITH-S-107 and PAM-S-116 selections. The study provides sufficient knowledge to identify clones with better stigma characteristics for further crop improvement programs.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Notulae Scientia Biologicae}, author={MIR, Javid Iqbal and AHMED, Nazeer and KHAN, Mudasir Hafiz and MOKHDOMI, Taseem Ahmad and WANI, Sajad Hussian and BUKHARI, Shoiab and AMIN, Asif and QADRI, Raies Ahmad}, year={2015}, month={Mar.}, pages={81–89} }