In collaboration with my esteemed colleague, Dr. Shirin Parizad from the University of Tehran, we assayed how a novel potyvirus, SaLV, affects the economically important secondary metabolites of saffron dried in different dehydration conditions. This is a critical research area as Iran produces 90% of the world's total saffron. For more exciting work on SaLV please follow Dr. Parizad's work here: http://parizadshr.ir/