Yield and Yield Components of Winter Poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) Are Affected by Sowing Date and Sowing Rate under Pannonian Climate Conditions

• Published in: Agriculture (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 5; p. 997
• Main Authors: Neugschwandtner, Reinhard W., Dobos, Georg, Wagentristl, Helmut, Lošák, Tomáš, Klimek-Kopyra, Agnieszka, Kaul, Hans-Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.04.2023
• Subjects: Agricultural production; biomass; Climate; Climate change; Climatic conditions; Crop yield; Crops; Opium trade; Papaver; Papaver somniferum L; plant density; pod density; Poppies; Precipitation; seed number; Seeds; Spring; Spring (season); Temperature; thousand seed weight; Unsaturated fatty acids; Variance analysis; Wheat; Winter; Austria; Germany; Central Europe

Poppy cultivation has a long tradition in Central Europe. Growing winter poppy instead of the commonly grown spring poppy might increase seed yield, especially in the face of changing climatic conditions. However, knowledge regarding optimum sowing date and optimum sowing rate for winter poppy under...