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The floral androcarpel organ (ACO) mutation permits high alkaloid yields in opium poppy Papaver somniferum

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Title The floral androcarpel organ (ACO) mutation permits high alkaloid yields in opium poppy Papaver somniferum
 
Creator Prajapati, Seema
Bajpai, Suphla
Gupta, MM
Kumar, Sushil
 
Subject Papaver somniferum
androcarpel organ
 
Description Isolation of a recessive aco (androcarpel organ) mutation in opium poppy Papaver somniferum, is described. The aco (aco aco) mutant plants form androcarpels in place of inner whorl stamens in their
flowers. The abnormal flowers are self-fertile, as
stamens in the outer whorl are normal. In aco mutant the calyx, corolla and syncarpous gynoecium are
formed like in the wild type ACO plants. The androcarpel walls of aco plants synthesize and accumulate
alkaloids like the main carpel walls. The aco mutation provides a means for improving carpel wall
husk mass and thereby the yield of alkaloids
Partial financial support of the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, to the gene bank activity is gratefully acknowledged.
 
Date 2013-10-09T05:59:20Z
2013-10-09T05:59:20Z
2001
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Current Science, 81(8): 1109-1112
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/16
 
Language en
 
Publisher Indian Academy of Sciences