Growth, opium gum yield, and photoperiod response of five opium poppy accessions

HortScience

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1060-1063

  Wang, Z ^a   Acock, M C ^a   Liu, Q ^a   Acock, B ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthesis; Capsule; Days to flower; Dry matter partitioning; Dry matter production; Floral development; Floral initiation; Papaver somniferum

Indexed keywords

PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM;

EID: 0347785175     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.34.6.1060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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