Formulations of Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtend:Fr. f.sp. erythroxyli isolate EN-4, pathogenic to Erythroxylum coca var. coca (coca) were evaluated in greenhouse and field studies to determine their ...

Since the Western world came across the South American plant genus Erythroxylum, the use of this multifaceted genus has been associated with the production of soft drinks, such as Coca Cola, or with ...

Leaves of coca are the primary source of cocaine. There is interest in using Fusarium oxysporum as a mycoherbicide in addition to other measures to control coca production, but information on coca ...

An article titled “Giving root to a deadly mix-up” by Shaveen Jeewandara (Sunday Times, May 5 about the cultivation of coca (cocaine- producing plant) in some home gardens in the Matara District, ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta-The Bogor City Police Resort on Monday paid a visit to the Bogor Botanical Garden to conduct an inquiry related to a report suggesting there is a plant in the area that is used to ...

Tropane alkaloids (TAs) are heterocyclic nitrogenous metabolites found across seven orders of angiosperms, including Malpighiales (Erythroxylaceae) and Solanales (Solanaceae). Despite the ...

A new paper published today in Molecular Biology and Evolution reveals that it's not as straightforward as it might seem. Despite decades of data collection by the United Nations Office on Drugs and ...

A tobacco plant relative called Nicotiana benthamiana has been genetically modified to produce cocaine in its leaves. Cocaine is produced naturally in the leaves of the Erythroxylum coca plant, and ...

All lucrative plants are grown in multiple locations, as far as I know. So why is coca only cultivated in South America? All lucrative plants are grown in multiple locations, as far as I know. So why ...