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The effect of application of nitrogen fertilizer on the growth of opium poppy in north central India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

R. L. Yadav ,
R. Mohan ,
R. Singh  and
R. K. Verma
R. L. Yadav
Affiliation:
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow-16, U.P., India
R. Mohan
Affiliation:
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow-16, U.P., India
R. Singh
Affiliation:
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow-16, U.P., India
R. K. Verma
Affiliation:
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow-16, U.P., India
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Summary

In a 2-year field study conducted at Lucknow (26·5° N, 80·5° E and 120 m altitude), plant height, leaf area index, dry-matter accumulation and N uptake of opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) followed a sigmoid path. After attaining a peak of accumulation at 120 days, dry matter declined in plots given N fertilizer but remained static in the control. N application (50, 100, 150 and 200 kg/ha) increased the opium, seed and morphine yields compared with the control. Morphine concentration (%) in the opium, however, increased up to 100 kg N/ha and decreased when N doses exceeded that level. Divided application of N, i.e. half at sowing and remainder at the stem elongation stage, proved beneficial for opium, seed and morphine yields.

Type
Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 102 , Issue 2 , April 1984 , pp. 361 - 366
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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