fennel (foeniculum vulgare mill.) is an industrial medicinal plant with different pharmaceutical and food applications. in this study, the leaf essential oil composition of 12 iranian accessions of fennel collected from different geographical regions was assessed. the essential oil yield of fennel leaves ranged from 0.65% (varamin accession) to 2.03% (tabriz accession). trans-anethole, fenchone...

to study the effect of planting date on morphological characteristic, yield and essential oil content of achillea millefolium sub sp millefolium.l., an experiment in a randomized complete blocks design (rcbd) with four treatments including four planting date (6 july, 1 august, 7 september and 7 october) in four replications was conducted. during the growing stage and at the end of experiment pe...

This experiment was conducted, to study the effect of planting time and planting density on savory (Satureja sahendica Bornm.) in 2012 in Alborz Research Station, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Karaj, Iran. The experiment was carried out in split plot in time in the form of a randomized complete block design with three replicates. The main plots were planting times in two levels ...

in order to investigate the effects of two sowing time (middle of may and early june) and four plant density (8, 12, 16 and 20 plants.m-2) on yield and essential oil content of peppermint at two cutting stages, an experiment was conducted at the research farm of the faculty of agriculture, university of tabriz during growing season of 2003-2004. these treatments were performed as factorial base...

in this research, microwave-assisted hydrodistillation (md) with pretreatment ultrasound (us) 45 and 90 min of essential oils from fresh aegle marmelos peel were used and the results were compared with those obtained by hydrodistillation technique (hd) in terms of extraction yield/efficiency, extraction time, chemical composition and quality of the essential oil. all experiments were performed ...

background: biostimulants are amino acids and organic components, which can play main role in the plant growth and dry matter accumulation. objective: determine the influence of foliar application of active amino acids on quality and quantity yield of melissa officinalis l. methods: this study was conducted in a research farm at the institute of medicinal plants on the base of randomized comple...

In order to study the effect of organic fertilizer on shoot yield and essential oil content of lavender, this experiment was conducted in the Research Institute of Forest and Rangelands, Karaj, Iran, in 2013-14. The treatment groups consisted of vermicompost (0, 5, 10 and 15 ton/ha) and cow manure (0, 10, 20 and 30 ton/ha). The experimental design was a factorial experiment based on randomized ...

in order to have a sustainable agriculture it is necessary to use environmental friendly inputs to improve ecological aspects of environment. basil (ocimum basilicum l.) is a medicinal and vegetable crop which is cultivated in different parts of the world. an experiment was conducted at research station, faculty of agriculture, ferdowsi university of mashhad, iran, in year 2009. a complete rand...

In order to study the effects of irrigation and planting date on selected traits of ajowan (Carum copticum BENTH. & HOOK.F.) an experiment was conducted in two successive conducive seasons of 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 in Birjand. The experimental design was a split plot based on randomized complete block with three replications. In the present study, two irrigation treatments (irrigation terminat...