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In saffron (Crocus sativus), new corms develop at the base of every shoot developed from the maternal corm, a globular underground storage stem.
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After a further 4 d growth the cap had formed a firm, but not restrictive, supporting collar around the base of the shoot.
Subsequently, an obvious area of necrosis formed across the base of the shoot tip, just above the position of the uppermost axillary buds.
Inflorescences borne at base of leafy shoot, usually solitary, rarely two together, 5 7 cm long, with ca 5 flowers per inflorescence, peduncle to 3.5 cm long, reddish where exposed, otherwise pale green, basal sheaths 1 2, 1 2 cm, pink.
Short sections of three of the thickest nodal (adventitious) roots were removed from each root system at the base of the shoot, placed in water and stored at 4 °C, before being used to assess root thickness under a Leitz stereo dissecting microscope.
The base of each shoot was placed in water.
Height was defined as length from the base of the shoot to the thickest part of the apical bud.
As in previous reports [ 32, 50 54], untreated plants accumulated staining at the base of the shoot and in punctuated maxima at points of rhizoid initiation up the shoot.
