Yield, Essential Nutrients and Essential Oils of Peppermint (Mentha x piperita L.) Grown Under Organic Farming Conditions
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2015
Yazarlar: Bihter ÇOLAK ESETLİLİ, Özgür Çobanoğlu, Mahmut TEPECİK, Bintuğ Öztürk, Dilek Anaç
Ziraat Fakültesi Dergisi, Uludağ Üniversitesi, Uluslararası, 2015, cilt 29, ss 29-36
Özet
The aim of this study was to examine the yield, essential plant nutrients (N, P, K, Ca, Na, Fe, Zn, Mn, Cu and B), essential oil and oil components of peppermint (Mentha x piperita L.) which was grown under organic farming conditions. Different certified organic fertilizers or natural inputs were the treatments of the study and tested in the nutrition of peppermint. Their effects on different parameters were examined. Results showed that fresh and dry herb yields differ according to the treatments and were found higher in the parcels where bone meal and potassium feldspate were given. Impact of different inputs/fertilizers on the secondary plant nutrients indicated that the pepermints of the parcels that received bone meal and potassium feldspate or rockphosphate and zeolite were richer in this regard. The essential oil yield (%) and compositions of essential oils of peppermint were highly affected by the bone meal applications.