Selected nutmeg parent trees from nutmeg population in Bogor: Their fruit yield, essential oil content, and morphological characteristics

Lilac sage (Whorled sage), as one of the medicinal plants chosen as perspective for the recultivation of flowering meadows in the Czech Republic, was studied for the variability of its morphological characters, seed quality and content of essential oil. Seven particular populations of this genus were studied in the Czech Republic and there were found statistically significant differences in morphological characters (height and width of plants, length and width of leaves and length of inflorescences) but not in the content of the essential oil. Studied populations reached only between 0.028 and 0.072% of essential oil in dry mass and also the quality of seeds was found very low (germination between 0–52%) in the seeds from natural localities but this fact could be influenced by testing method.

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Influence of Different Maturity Stages on Fruit Yield and Essential Oil Content of Some Apiaceae Family Plants A: Anise (Pimpinella anisum, L.)

Journal of Plant Production ◽

10.21608/jpp.2017.37824 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 119-125 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Seham El-Gamal ◽

H. Ahmed

Keyword(s):

Essential Oil ◽

Oil Content ◽

Fruit Yield ◽

Pimpinella Anisum ◽

Maturity Stages

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Morphological characterisation and agronomical parameters of different species of Salvia sp. (Lamiaceae)

Brazilian Journal of Biology ◽

10.1590/s1519-69842011000100018 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 71 (1) ◽

pp. 121-129 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

AJ Mossi ◽

RL Cansian ◽

N Paroul ◽

G Toniazzo ◽

JV Oliveira ◽

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Keyword(s):

Essential Oil ◽

Essential Oils ◽

Dry Matter ◽

Oil Content ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Climate Conditions ◽

Salvia Sclarea ◽

Morphological Differences ◽

Salvia Triloba ◽

Dry Matter Weight

The aim of this work is to assess the morphological characteristics and parameters of biomass production, such as fresh and dry matter weight (FMW and DMW, g/plant), yield of dry matter (YDM) in terms of ton/ha, essential oil content (EOC, mL/100 g) and yield of essential oils (YEO) expressed as L/ha of the following plants Salvia verbenaca, Salvia argentea, Salvia lavandulifolia, Salvia pratensis, Salvia sclarea, Salvia triloba and Salvia officinalis. Except for Salvia argentea (S2) all other species have adapted to the south Brazilian climate conditions, with morphological differences among the species evaluated. In terms of DMW and YDM, S. officinalis was found to be the most productive species with 445.83 g/plant and 11.14 ton/ha. The higher essential oil content and yield was observed for S. officinalis, affording 1.99 mL/100 g and 221.74 L/ha, respectively. Chemical characterisation of the essential oils obtained from hydrodistillation was performed through GC and GC/MSD analyses, which revealed for most of the species studied, α e β-thujone, camphor and 1,8-cineole as major compounds, apart from S. sclarea, for which linalool, linalyl acetate and α-terpineol were the major components.

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Can Glandular Hair Density be a Breeding Marker for Origanum Vulgare subsp. Hirtum with High Essential Oil Content?

Natural Product Communications ◽

10.1177/1934578x1000500918 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 5 (9) ◽

pp. 1934578X1000500 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Krisztina Szabó ◽

Szilvia Sárosi ◽

Beatrix Cserháti ◽

Antal Ferenczy

Keyword(s):

Essential Oil ◽

Plant Material ◽

Oil Content ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Glandular Hair ◽

High Ratio ◽

Morphological Features ◽

Origanum Vulgare ◽

Hair Density ◽

Morphological Marker

Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum (Link) Ietswaart is an essential oil rich plant traditionally used as oregano. Based on the interest of the essential oil producing sector, in 2000 we have started a breeding program of O. vulgare subsp. hirtum. Plant material for our breeding work consists of 6 progeny. Individual evaluation of the plant material was carried out in 2008-2009 with the primary aim of finding mother plants with appropriate morphological features, high essential oil content (>7%) and with carvacrol as the main essential oil component. Among the survey of morphological characteristics special attention was given to glandular hair density in order to test the usability of it as a morphological marker for screening progeny for high essential oil content. The characteristics of the progeny can be described with high variability ensuring the possibility of a good selection base. Evaluating the morphology, essential oil content and constitution of the individuals, 20 plants were selected on the grounds of their high (7-8.6%) essential oil content, high ratio (70-93%) of carvacrol in the essential oil and typical morphological features of O. vulgare subsp. hirtum. From the results of glandular hair density it can be stated that the correlation between glandular hair density of the upper, middle and lower leaves either on vegetative or generative shoots and essential oil content was never strong enough (correlation coefficient ≤ 0.5) to use it exclusively as a morphological marker for individual selection.

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