Alkaloid accumulation in capsules of the selfed and cross-pollinated poppy

Plant Breeding

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 263-267

  Bernath J ^a   Nemeth E ^a   Petheo F ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Alkaloid biosynthesis; Codeine; Metaxenia; Morphine; Narcotine; Papaver somniferum; Poppy; Thebaine

Indexed keywords

PAPAVER; PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM;

EID: 0038819412     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0523.2003.00811.x     Document Type: Article

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