Performance of eight spring-flowering bulbs, Chionodoxa sp. ‘Blue Giant’ (glory-of-the-snow), Crocus tommasinianus ‘Ruby (crocus), vernus ‘Remembrance’ Narcissus ‘Ice Follies’, N. ‘Tete-a-Tete’, ‘Thalia’ (daffodil), Muscari Magic’ (grape hyacinth), and Scilla sybirica (Siberian squill), was evaluated after planting into cool season tall fescue lawn [Lolium arundinaceum (Schreb.) Darbysh. (syn. ...

The presence and extent of genetic variation in saffron crocus are still debated, as testified by several contradictory articles providing contrasting results about the monomorphism or less of the species. Remarkably, phenotypic variations have been frequently observed in the field, such variations are usually unstable and can change from one growing season to another. Considering that gene exp...

Recently a joint project has been carried out between the Paul Scherrer Institut, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne and swissnuclear, an industrial partner, in order to determine axial void distribution channel installed reflector of zero power research reactor CROCUS, using neutron noise techniques. The main objective present paper is report on validation results against alternative mea...

To evaluate how weather conditions affect the life cycle of a bulbous plant species, a methodology is proposed here using Crocus cambessedesii, a plant that is endemic to Mallorca and Menorca. Data from an experimental field study conducted from 2007 to 2013 in the south west of Mallorca is taken together with meteorological observations from Palma Airport, located about 10 km away from the sit...

The immunomodulatory activity of an Indian neutraceutical spice, saffron (Crocus sativus) was studied on Th(1) and Th(2) limbs of the immune system. Oral administration of alcoholic extract of Crocus sativus (ACS) at graded dose levels from 1.56-50 mg/kg p.o. potentiated the Th(2) response of humoral immunity causing the significant increases in agglutinating antibody titre in mice at a dose of...