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@ARTICLE{KazemiShahandashti:907049,
      author       = {Kazemi-Shahandashti, Seyyedeh-Sanam and Mann, Ludwig and
                      El-nagish, Abdullah and Harpke, Dörte and Nemati, Zahra and
                      Usadel, Björn and Heitkam, Tony},
      title        = {{A}ncient {A}rtworks and {C}rocus {G}enetics {B}oth
                      {S}upport {S}affron’s {O}rigin in {E}arly {G}reece},
      journal      = {Frontiers in plant science},
      volume       = {13},
      issn         = {1664-462X},
      address      = {Lausanne},
      publisher    = {Frontiers Media},
      reportid     = {FZJ-2022-01827},
      pages        = {834416},
      year         = {2022},
      abstract     = {Saffron crocus (Crocus sativus) is a male-sterile, triploid
                      flower crop, and source of the spice and colorant saffron.
                      For over three millennia, it was cultivated across the
                      Mediterranean, including ancient Greece, Persia, and other
                      cultures, later spreading all over the world. Despite
                      saffron crocus’ early omnipresence, its origin has been
                      the matter of a century-old debate, in terms of area and
                      time as well as parental species contribution. While
                      remnants of the ancient arts, crafts, and texts still
                      provide hints on its origin, modern genetics has the
                      potential to efficiently follow these leads, thus shedding
                      light on new possible lines of descent. In this review, we
                      follow ancient arts and recent genetics to trace the
                      evolutionary origin of saffron crocus. We focus on the place
                      and time of saffron domestication and cultivation, and
                      address its presumed autopolyploid origin involving
                      cytotypes of wild Crocus cartwrightianus. Both ancient arts
                      from Greece, Iran, and Mesopotamia as well as recent
                      cytogenetic and comparative next-generation sequencing
                      approaches point to saffron’s emergence and domestication
                      in ancient Greece, showing how both disciplines converge in
                      tracing its origin.},
      cin          = {IBG-4},
      ddc          = {570},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-4-20200403},
      pnm          = {2171 - Biological and environmental resources for
                      sustainable use (POF4-217)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2171},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      pubmed       = {pmid:35283878},
      UT           = {WOS:000767537300001},
      doi          = {10.3389/fpls.2022.834416},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/907049},
}