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Effect of Drought Stress on Growth and Productivity of Some Mentha Species

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Horticulture

Abstract

Three Mentha species were subjected to irrigation up to100, 66 and 33% of field capacity (FC). Plants were cut three times during the growing season. Plant fresh and dry weights, volatile oil percentage and yield were significantly varied among the three species and due to the reduction in FC. In the 1st cut, M. piperita L. plants had the highest fresh weights during both seasons, for example in the 1st one they had 18.07 and 19.08 g/plant, respectively when growing soil maintained at 100% FC. While the lowest plant fresh weights of that cut on both seasons were 5.41 and 6.50 g/plant, respectively were for M. spicata. By reducing FC from 100% to 33% in the 1st cut, plant dry weights of M. spicata L. were reduced by 48 and 34%, in the two seasons, respectively. Whereas the reduction was the lowest for M. suaveolens Ehrh. nevertheless, the lowest dry weights (0.73 g/plant) were for M. piperita grown at 33% FC. The volatile oil % was increased (p≤0.5) under 66% FC but it decreased under 33% FC compared with 100% FC treatment. Overall, in the 1st season the highest volatile oil percentage (0.90%) being for any of these species under 66% FC as well as M. suaveolens grown at 100%FC. Moderate drought stress using 66% FC could be recommended for M. spicata and M. piperita as no or slight reduction on VO yield was assessed. However, M. suaveolens is more sensitive for even mild stress (66%FC) and should be irrigated to maintain soil with full FC.

DOI

10.21608/sjas.2023.211303.1304

Keywords

mint, Water stress, Essential oils, field capacity

Authors

First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Abd Elhakem

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Affiliation

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

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mmahmohamed@gmail.com

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First Name

Wahed

Last Name

Botros

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-

Affiliation

Medicinal and Aromatic Plant. Dep., Hort. Res. Inst., Agri. Res. Centre, Giza, Egypt

Email

waheed_nr_2009@yahoo.com

City

Minia

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First Name

Emain

Last Name

Mohamed

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-

Affiliation

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

Email

emane9826@gmail.com

City

Minia

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-

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Hassan

MiddleName

Ali

Affiliation

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

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ahmed_eltokhy88@yahoo.com

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Volume

5

Article Issue

2

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41562

Issue Date

2023-06-01

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2023-05-15

Publish Date

2023-06-01

Page Start

43

Page End

51

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2535-1796

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2535-180X

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916

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Scientific Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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Effect of Drought Stress on Growth and Productivity of Some Mentha Species

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30 Dec 2024