ON OPIUM POPPY BREEDING AND TRADE IN ANATOLIA

Opium Poppy: Genetic Upgradation Through Intervention of Plant Breeding Techniques

Psychoactive Plants: Opium Poppy, Marijuana, and Cocaine

AFLP Analysis of Opium Poppy

There are several different DNA analysis procedures that have been used to identify and characterize plant Amplified restriction fragment length polymorphic (AFLP) DNA cultivars to determine genetic diversity. Each procedure analysis was performed on leaf samples of 40 accessions of opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) and two other control genera (Pahas it own requirements, sensitivity, and rel...

History of the Opium Habit, and Opium-Poppy Culture

Metabolic engineering with a morphine biosynthetic P450 in opium poppy surpasses breeding.

Morphine biosynthesis was genetically engineered in an industrial elite line of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.), to modify the production of alkaloids in plants. The cytochrome P-450-dependent monooxygenase (S)-N-methylcoclaurine 3'-hydroxylase (CYP80B3) lies on the pathway to the benzylisoquinoline alkaloid branch point intermediate (S)-reticuline. Overexpression of cyp80b3 cDNA result...