Document Type : Research Paper
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1 Kurdistan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Sanandaj, Iran.
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4 Kurdistan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Sanandaj, Iran
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Abstract: Savory belongs to the family Lamiaceae and genus Satureja. Among the 16 species of savory in Iran, 9 are endemic to Iran. In this study, we evaluated the adaptation of different savory accessions (Satureja spp.) in the climatic condition of Kurdistan province. For this purpose, we studied 37 accessions belonging to 10 species of Satureja in an experiment with a randomized complete block design in three replications at the Grize Station in Sanandaj during 2009-2013. Savory species include S.sahendica Bornm, S. avromanica Maroofi, S. bachtiarica Bunge, S. spicigera (C. Koch) Boiss, S. mutica Fisch, S. macrantha CAMey, S. atropatana Bunge, S. rechingeriJamzad ,S. khuzistanica Jamzad, S.isophylla Rech. First, we collected the seeds of 37 populations from the Satureja spp. from different regions of Iran as a part of a large project executed by experts in the Iranian Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands. Then we planted the seeds using transplanting trays and finally at the stage of 8-10 leaves, the healthy plants were selected to be cultivated in special pots. Based on the results of variance analysis there was a significant difference between species and accessions at the level of (p≤0.01) in terms of essential oil yield percentage, essential oil yield per hectare (based on the dry weight of flower and leaf per hectare), total phenolic compounds of essential oil, plant’s fresh weight yield per hectare and plant’s dry weight yield per hectare, dry weight of leaf and flower yield per hectare, canopy area, the mean of the branch’s height and establishment percentage. Also, the effect of year on essential oil yield was significant.
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