Environmental effects on morphine content in opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.).

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Environmental effects on morphine content in opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.).

Bulletin on narcotics - 1 Jan 2000

Kaicker U S, Saini H C, Singh H P, Choudhury B

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Ten cultivars of opium poppy were tested for morphine content during the past five years at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi. Techniques employed to determine the adaptive potential (Finlay and Wilkinson, 1963; Eberhart and Russel, 1966), relative stability and environ...

Topics

Drug Stability
Environment
Genotype
Humidity
India
Morphine
Papaver
Plants, Medicinal
Temperature

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