246 research outputs found
Wall mounted air conditioner decorated with cards, bottles, and poppy, El Gorah, Egypt, June 2007
No full textThe Land of the Blue Poppy
No full textIn 1911, Francis Kingdon Ward (1885–1958) set off on his first solo expedition and collected hundreds of plant species, many previously unknown. From Burma, he headed into the Hengduan Mountains of north-western Yunnan province, exploring along the Mekong, Yangtze and Salween rivers in the region between eastern Tibet and western Sichuan. In 2003, this area was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. One of the world's most biodiverse temperate zones, its extraordinary topography arises from its position at the collision point of tectonic plates. This fascinating book, first published in 1913, was one of the most popular by a prolific author. It is generously illustrated with Kingdon Ward's own photographs and maps from the trip. The blue poppy of the title is Meconopsis speciosa, which Kingdon Ward described as the 'Cambridge blue poppy'; rather than the famous 'Tibetan blue poppy' (Meconopsis betonicifolia) that he later brought to England.</jats:p
Close-up of a specimen of Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri), ca.1920
No full textPhotograph of a close-up of a specimen of Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri), ca.1920. On dark background.; "These lovely perennials are natives of California and Mexico and belong to the Poppy family, Papaveraceae. There are only two varieties of Romneya. One is R. Coulteri, the Matilija Poppy, and the other is R. trichocalyx; they are sometimes known as Tree Poppies. The latter differs very slightly from the first. The Matilija Poppy grows from 5 to 6 feet tall and has deeply divided, blue gray leaves. Large, white, fragrant flowers are produced in the summer; the petals resemble crL pe paper and they surround a tuft of golden stamens. R. trichocalyx usually blooms a little more than R. Coulteri." -- unknown author
Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) oil for preparation of biodiesel: Optimization of conditions
No full textOpium poppy, Papaver somniferum L, is one of the ancient herbal medicines. In addition to this medical use of latex, opium that is extracted from the immature seed capsule, it is also used illegally for pleasure. It is being produced in great quantities in Turkey especially in Afyonkarahisar city. The seeds of opium poppy plant have high ratio oil content. The opium poppy seeds and oil of these seeds are purely used as an ingredient in production of bakery products. In this study, biodiesel evaluation of the opium poppy seeds that have a high oil ratio is aimed. Alkali catalyzed (NaOH) single-phase reaction was preferred to produce biodiesel from opium poppy oil. The parameters like catalyst concentration, methanol ratio, reaction temperature were optimized and biodiesel production was obtained with high yield in reaction time of 75 min. The methyl ester content in the opium poppy oil biodiesel was determined with Gas Chromatography-Frame Ionized Detector (GC-FID). In optimum conditions, methanol ratio and catalyst concentration was determined as 20 wt% and 0.5 wt%, respectively. The reaction temperature was optimized as 60 degrees C. Biodiesel was obtained from the opium poppy oil under optimum conditions. Some basic features of the produced methyl esters were determined. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Scientific Research Projects Unit of Afyon Kocatepe University [10.FENED.17]The author gratefully acknowledges the Scientific Research Projects Unit of Afyon Kocatepe University (No. 10.FENED.17) for its financial support
The Mental Markers of Folk Mythology in М. Hrymych Novel «Red Poppy in the Dew...»
No full textThe article deals with the study of folk mythology actualized in М. Hrymych novel «Red
poppy in the dew..». The author analyses the motives of initiation of heroes, mystical journey, motif
of death, ancient, archetypal images which are the central in this novel
The Mental Markers of Folk Mythology in М. Hrymych Novel «Red Poppy in the Dew ...»
No full textThe article deals with the study of folk mythology actualized in М. Hrymych novel «Red poppy in the dew ...». The author analyses the motives of initiation of heroes, mystical journey, motif of death, ancient, archetypal images which are the central in this novel
Gender, Race, Militarism and Remembrance: The Everyday Geopolitics of the Poppy
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis (Routledge) via the DOI in this record.This paper offers a feminist analysis of how British military violence and war are, in part, made possible through everyday embodied and emotional practices of remembrance and forgetting. Focusing on recent iterations of the Royal British Legion’s Annual Poppy Appeal, I explore how the emotionality, and gendered and racial politics of collective mourning provide opportunities for the emergence of “communities of feeling”, through which differently gendered and racialised individuals can find their “place” in the national story. I aim to show that in relying on such gendered and racial logics of emotion, the Poppy Appeal invites communities of feeling to remember military sacrifice, whilst forgetting the violence and bloodiness of actual warfare. In so doing, the poppy serves to reinstitute war as an activity in which masculinised, muscular ‘protectors’ necessarily make sacrifices for the feminised ‘protected’. The poppy is thus not only a site for examining the everyday politics of contemporary collective mourning, but its emotional, gendered and racialised foundations and how these work together to animate the geopolitics of war
The development of a lure and kill system for control of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)
No full textThe Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann (Diptera: Tephritidae) is a polyphagous pest of global economic importance. As a result, many systems have been proposed to reduce their impact and population spread, each of which has its limitations. Lure and kill systems are extensively used to combat medfy infestations. However, widely used bait spray applications indiscriminately contaminate the target area with insecticide, having harmful effects on beneficial and other non-target organisms. Alternative systems rely on traps that lure flies in where they are killed, these require regular maintenance and rely on either a single sex attractant (which only have limited effect on the female population) or the use broad spectrum attractants that attract and kill beneficial, pest controlling, insects. This work allows the development of a lure and kill control strategy based on insecticide formulated electrostatic powders that can be autodisseminated through a pest population. Laboratory survival experiments were used to compare the LT50s of two insecticides (chlorpyrifos and spinosad) formulated with different powders (EntostatTM and Entomag™) and to show secondary transfer of insecticide from contaminated males to females through courtship. The combination of EntostatTM powder and 2% spinosad gave the best performance allowing sufficient time for transfer between conspecifics before mortality and rapid mortality to secondary contaminated females. Field studies were undertaken to establish a suitable prototype electrostatic powder container. The proposed system would have benefits over other existing systems, as the targeted nature of the application method limits contamination of produce and the environment with insecticide. Secondly, the autodissemination nature of the system would target female members of the pest population not initially attracted to the insecticide. Three stations were tested, with the traditional delta design proving to be the most effective, with higher numbers of medly contacts on the area that would house the insecticidal agent, suggesting greater numbers of primary transmission from this design
Exterior view of the F.S. Allen bungalow in Altadena, [s.d.]
No full textPhotograph of an exterior view of the F.S. Allen bungalow in Altadena, [s.d.]. At center, a small child is sitting on an immaculately trimmed lawn, just behind the shadow of a large agave(?) plant. To the right, a wide path through the grass extends to the elaborate bungalow in the background. Vines grow up the trellis that defines the bungalow's porch. A sprinkler is on at right. Photoprint reads: "Altadena, the beautiful little suburb of Pasadena, nestles among the foothills at the foot of Mt. Lowe. The famous poppy fields are found here and its beautiful shaded streets lined with handsome homes, its fragrant orange groves make it a place to be remembered"
Pollination biology of oilseed poppy, Papaver somniferum L.
No full textAlthough poppies (Papaver somniferum L.) are one of the oldest cultivated plants relatively little is known of their pollination biology. We have investigated the relative importance of wind and insects in the pollination of poppies and identified potential insect pollinators. Wind pollination was found to be negligible, insect pollination was responsible for the majority of out-crossing, and self-pollination was the dominant mode of poppy fertilisation. Honeybees and flies were identified as the main potential cross-pollinators of Tasmanian poppies. Using a transgenic poppy field trial in which approximately 50% of the pollen grains produced were transgenic, we have determined the level of pollen-mediated gene flow by scoring over 50 000 seeds for the presence of a selectable marker gene. Gene flow was measured using a 10-m buffer area that surrounded the field trial. It was highest at 0.1m with 3.26% of seeds found to be transgenic and declined over distance with 1.73% transgenic seeds at 0.5m, 1.80% at 1m, 0.86% at 2m, 0.34% at 5m, 0.12% at 9m, and 0.18% at 10m. These results demonstrate that under Tasmanian conditions, pollen-mediated gene flow occurs at modest levels in poppies that are in close proximity to each other and is most probably mediated by honeybees and flies
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