Agriculture and horticulture
A. Javanmard; M. Rahimi; M. Amani Machiani; M. Janmohammadi; R. Habibi Machiani
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To evaluate the effects of different irrigation levels and foliar application of nutrients, on dry matter yield and essential oil content and composition of peppermint (Mentha piperita L.), a field experiment was conducted as a split plot based on a randomized complete block design, with 12 treatments ...
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To evaluate the effects of different irrigation levels and foliar application of nutrients, on dry matter yield and essential oil content and composition of peppermint (Mentha piperita L.), a field experiment was conducted as a split plot based on a randomized complete block design, with 12 treatments and three replications, at the faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Iran in 2021. The factors included irrigation as the main factor at three levels (irrigation after 20 (control), 40 (moderate stress), and 60% (severe stress) of the maximum allowable moisture depletion) and fertilizer source as the sub-factor at four levels (non-application of fertilizer (control), and foliar application of Macromix gold, Ecoquel micromix, and Vitalem forte). The results demonstrated that the highest (280.5 g.m-2) and lowest (113.7 g.m-2) total dry weight were obtained under normal irrigation conditions (control) with the application of Macromix gold and severe stress without fertilizer application, respectively. Total dry weight decreased by 22.7 and 40.3% under moderate and severe drought stress conditions, respectively compared to normal irrigation. Macromix gold, Vitalem forte, and Ecoquel micromix application enhanced the amount of total dry weight by 37.7, 23.8, and 17.1% compared to no fertilizer application, respectively. The highest content (2.1%) and essential oil yield (4.5 g.m-2) and also the highest amount of menthol (40.9%), menthone (28.1%), and cineole (6.2%) in the essential oil were observerd under moderate water stress conditions fertilized with Macromix gold. Based on the obtained results, the foliar application of Macromix gold could be recommended as an effective solution to enhance the quantity and quality of the peppermint essential oil under drought stress conditions.
H. Zeinali; H. Hosseini; M.H. Shirzadi
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Mint (Mentha piperita L.), belonging to Labiatae family, is one of the most important plants, which is used widely in terms of pharmaceutical, food and health. Essential oils and compounds are important components of the plant and are severely affected by agricultural agents. In this study, the effects ...
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Mint (Mentha piperita L.), belonging to Labiatae family, is one of the most important plants, which is used widely in terms of pharmaceutical, food and health. Essential oils and compounds are important components of the plant and are severely affected by agricultural agents. In this study, the effects of nitrogen fertilizer and harvesting time on yield and yield components, essential oil and menthol were studied. A split-plot design with three replications was used. The measured traits included leaf length, leaf width, plant height, fresh weight per square meter in the first and second harvest, fresh weight of 100 leaves, essential and oil menthol of the first second harvest, shoot yield and essential oil yield per hectare. Variance analysis results showed that different levels of nitrogen and harvesting time had a significant effect on all traits except for leaf length. The interaction of nitrogen and harvesting time showed a significant difference for all traits except leaf length and width. Mean comparison of traits showed that the plant height, fresh weight per square meter, fresh weight of 100 leaves, essential oil of the first harvest, menthol of the first and second harvest, shoot yield per hectare and essential oil yield increased with increasing of nitrogen intake. Mean comparison of different harvesting times showed that the highest shoot yield and essential oil yield were obtained at budding stage. The interaction between different levels of nitrogen fertilizer and harvesting time also showed that the highest shoot yield per hectare was obtained by the application of 200 kilograms of nitrogen fertilizer per hectare at budding stage. The highest amount of menthol was obtained at consumption level of 300 kg nitrogen fertilizer per hectare and at 50 % flowering. In addition, according to the obtained results, essential oil percentage of the second harvests showed a significant decreasing trend. Overall, results showed that the highest fresh yield per hectare and essential oil were obtained at budding stage and consumption level of 200 kg/ha nitrogen fertilizer.
M. Mirza; F. Ghoraishi; A. Bahadori
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In this research, the effect of different harvesting stages on essential oils content and composition of Mentha piperita L. and Salvia officinalis L. was studied. The rhizome of Mentha piperita was planted at 5 cm soil depth in the field of "Jangalkar Ferdos Company", 2008. The salvia seeds were received ...
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In this research, the effect of different harvesting stages on essential oils content and composition of Mentha piperita L. and Salvia officinalis L. was studied. The rhizome of Mentha piperita was planted at 5 cm soil depth in the field of "Jangalkar Ferdos Company", 2008. The salvia seeds were received from Isfahan research center. Their seedlings were transplanted on the furrows of the main field. The experimental design was randomized complete blocks and the treatments included early, full and after flowering stages. The experiment included six treatments and three replications in a total of 18 experimental units. After drying the samples in room air condition and removing all woody parts, essential oils of both species were obtained by water-distillation method in three replications and then analyzed by GC & GC/MS. According to the results obtained from analysis of variance, the effect of different harvesting stages on oil yield of Mentha piperita (P<0.05) and Salvia officinalis (P<0.01) was significant. Comparison of treatment means showed that the highest percentage of essential oil (2/8%) was recorded in full flowering stage of M. piperita while S. officinalis had the highest percentage of essential oil in early flowering stage (3%), with a significant difference in comparison to the other stages. Analysis and Identification of essential oils components showed that the major constituents of essential oil in S officinalis were α-thujene (20/8%, 27/1%, 35/9%) camphor (29/2%, 14/6%, 17/2%) and β-thujene (15/1%, 14/6%, 4/1%) in early, full and after flowering stages respectively. The major constituents of essential oils in M.piperita at early, full and after flowering stages were menthol (27/7%, 26/9%, 27/0%), menthon (37/0%, 21/9%, 17/2%), and menthofuran (16/0%, 22/0%, 25/3%).
