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Prospects of breeding opium poppies ( Papaver somniferum L.) as a high‐linoleic‐acid crop
Author(s) -
Singh S. P.,
Khanna K. R.,
Shukla S.,
Dixit B. S.,
Banerji R.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
plant breeding
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.583
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1439-0523
pISSN - 0179-9541
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0523.1995.tb00768.x
Subject(s) - linoleic acid , papaver , opium poppy , diallel cross , biology , crop , oleic acid , linolenic acid , poppy , opium , botany , fatty acid , agronomy , food science , biochemistry , hybrid , political science , law
Fatty‐acid composition was studied in a half diallel in opium poppies using six parents, F 1 and F 2 . Poppy is an oleic‐linoleic‐acid type of crop with a low level of linolenic acid of up to 3% or only trace. Transgressive segregation was observed in F 2 having up to 81% linoleic acid making it suitable for development as a high‐linoleic‐acid crop. This is the first report of its kind in opium poppy.