Revealing the dynamics of saffron growth: Optimizing corm size and planting depth for increased yield synergies

• Ghulam Sarwar,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Botany, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7586-5701

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• Tauseef Anwar ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: tauseef.anwar@iub.edu.pk

  Affiliation Department of Botany, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2052-8502

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• Huma Qureshi,

  Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Chakwal, Chakwal, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Younus,

  Roles Resources, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacognosy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Waqar Hassan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Sajid-ur-Rehman,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacognosy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

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• Faizan Khalid,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Botany, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Ishaq,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Botany, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

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• Bushra Ahmed Alhammad,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biology Department, College of Science and Humanity Studies, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Mahmoud F. Seleiman

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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