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EFFECT OF COMPOST AND SOME ANTIOXIDANT TREATMENTS ON OIL PRODUCTIVITY AND SOME CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF MELISSA OFFICINALIS

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Medicinal and aromatic plants.

Abstract

This study was undertaken over the two growing seasons of 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 at the Nursery of Ornamental Plants, Fac. Agric., Minia Univ., Egypt, with the aim to investigate the effects of compost and various antioxidants, including amino acids, seaweed extract, and vitamin E, on the oil productivity and certain chemical constituents of Melissa officinalis, L. Data revealed that all studied parameters i.e., essential oil percentage and yield per plant per cut were significantly increased with fertilizing plants with compost relative to control through the three cuts during both seasons. Moreover, all the aforementioned parameters were elevated from 1st cutting to 3rd one. Additionally, the yield of essential oil per season per plant or per feddan, along with the contents of chlorophyll a, b, and carotenoids in the fresh leaves and N, P, K % in the dry leaves were noticeably increased with compost fertilization (at the three levels). The highest values were obtained from 12 ton/fed compost, followed by 8 ton/fed compost. In many instances, there were no substantial distinctions among themselves. The application of amino acids, sea algae, and vitamin E, each at specified concentrations, resulted in a notable enhancement of all previously mentioned parameters when compared to the control group across both seasons. In this regard, vitamin E at a lower concentration (100 ppm) demonstrated particularly superior effects. The best interaction treatment was to supply plants with compost at 12 or 8 ton/fed and spray them with vitamin E at 100 or 200 ppm or sea algae at 3 ml/l to obtain the highest essential oil percentage and yield per plant and per feddan of Melissa officinalis.

DOI

10.21608/sjhr.2024.397393

Keywords

Melissa officinalis, Amino acids, Vitamin E, sea algae, oil production

Authors

First Name

M.

Last Name

Abdou

MiddleName

A.H.

Affiliation

Hort. Dept., Fac. Agric., Minia Univ., Egypt

Email

mahmoudhassanabdouh@gmail.com

City

Minia

Orcid

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First Name

Ragaa

Last Name

Taha

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Hort. Dept., Fac. Agric., Minia Univ., Egypt

Email

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City

Minia

Orcid

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First Name

Randa

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Hort. Dept., Fac. Agric., Minia Univ., Egypt

Email

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City

Minia

Orcid

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Volume

2

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

51784

Issue Date

2024-07-01

Receive Date

2024-06-12

Publish Date

2024-07-01

Page Start

55

Page End

68

Print ISSN

2974-4563

Online ISSN

2974-4571

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https://sjhr.journals.ekb.eg/article_397393.html

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397,393

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Original Research Article

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2,869

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Publication Title

Scientific Journal of Horticultural Research

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https://sjhr.journals.ekb.eg/

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EFFECT OF COMPOST AND SOME ANTIOXIDANT TREATMENTS ON OIL PRODUCTIVITY AND SOME CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF MELISSA OFFICINALIS

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20 Dec 2024