High yielding multiple disease resistant/tolerant stable variety ‘Madakini’ of opium poppy
AssigneeCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research
InventorsSudhir Shukla, Sant Prasad Singh, Harikesh Bahadur Singh, Palpu Pushpangadan
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Abstract
The invention relates to the development of a novel high yielding multiple disease resistant/tolerant stable variety of opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L. 2n=22) christened ‘Madakini’.
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An opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) plant designated cultivar ‘Madakini’ obtained from seed deposited at the National Collections of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacteria (NCIMB Ltd.), Scotland, United Kingdom, with the accession number NCIMB 41506, and having the following characteristics:
- a. opium yield of about 64-68 kg/ha;
- b. oil content in seed of about 48-49%;
- wherein fatty acid composition of the oil is palmitic acid 9.0%, steraic acid 2.1%, oleic acid 18.4%, linoleic acid 70.1% linolenic acid 0.4%, unsaturated total fatty acid 88.9% and saturated fatty acid 11.1%;
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- c. opium latex contains morphine 15.0-17.60%, codeine 2.53-3.15%, thebaine 1.78-2.80%, narcotine 8.67-9.47% and papaverine 0.00-0.13%.
A seed of opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) deposited at the NCIBM Ltd., Scotland, United Kingdom, having accession number NCIMB 41506.
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