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Opium Art and Truffle Texts in the Aegean and Ancient Near East
Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization, 2023 From the third millennium BC on, the opium poppy was exploited by the civilizations of the Aegean and Near East. While the terms for it in the ancient languages of the region are still unknown, the distinctive features of the harvest-ready seed pod ...
Karen Polinger Foster
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Effects of Boron Forms and Doses on Germination in Sunflower, Soybean, and Opium Poppy Seeds [PDF]
, 2023 A laboratory experiment was planned to search the inhibitory effects of boron (B) concentrations constituted by two sources on seed germination and subsequent seedling growth of sunflower, soybean, and opium poppy.
Kaya, Mehmet Demir +2 more
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, 2022 I know NATO was complicit in the Afghan opium trade because I was there, guarding opium harvesting on Afghan government land besides NATO’s main operating base in Helmand.
Anthony C Heaford
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The hidden habit of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana: first demonstration of vertical plant transmission. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Beauveria bassiana strain 04/01-Tip, obtained from a larva of the opium poppy stem gall wasp Iraella luteipes (Hymenoptera; Cynipidae), endophytically colonizes opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) plants and protects them against this pest.
Enrique Quesada-Moraga +2 more
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Benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis in opium poppy [PDF]
Planta, 2014 Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) is one of the world's oldest medicinal plants and remains the only commercial source for the narcotic analgesics morphine, codeine and semi-synthetic derivatives such as oxycodone and naltrexone. The plant also produces several other benzylisoquinoline alkaloids with potent pharmacological properties including the ...
Guillaume A W, Beaudoin +1 more
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EFSA Journal, 2011 Poppy seeds are obtained from the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.). They are used in bakery products, on top of dishes, in fillings of cakes and in desserts and to produce edible oil.
EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM)
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Journal of Plant Protection Research, 2016 The study was carried out in the years 2013 and 2014 at the Łagiewniki farm to determine the effect of some herbicides on the yield and development of two opium poppy cultivars: ‘Lazur’ - with high morphine content, and ‘Borowski Biały’ - with low ...
Wójtowicz Marek +2 more
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Journal of Oasis Agriculture and Sustainable DevelopmentAfghanistan, particularly Nangarhar Province, has grappled with the complicate nature of opium poppy cultivation, influenced by an intricate combination of historical, socio-economic, and geopolitical factors. Opium, serving as the main source of income
Abdulsaboor Dawlatzai, Ryan Qasimullah
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Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2017 Downy mildew (DM) of opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) caused by Peronospora somniferi is one of the most destructive diseases of this crop due to the systemic nature of infection as compared with local infections caused by Peronospora meconopsidis, the ...
Miguel Montes-Borrego +3 more
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, 2022 International audienceIn contrast to cereals and pulses, the domestication of opium poppy has not been the studied in detail. Yet, it is likely to be the sole plant species domesticated in Neolithic western Europe, during the end of the sixth millennium.
Salavert, Aurélie +2 more
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