<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> To evaluate the seven species of Tanacetum genus - Tanacetum balsamita, T. parthenium, T. pinnatum, T. polycephalum, T. tabrisianum, T. uniflorum, and T. vulgare - an experiment was conducted in Karaj Iran. Data were recorded for plant canopy cover, plant height, flower number per plant, aerial biomass yield, time required for flowering, growing degree days to flowering (GDD), essential oil percentage and yield. Results showed that T. parthenium had higher mean values for plant canopy cover, plant height and flower number per plant whereas the species of T. parthenium, T. balsamita and T. vulgare had higher aerial biomass yield in comparison to the other species. The T. balsamita coupled with aerial biomass yield had the highest essential oil concentration. The T. tabrisianum and T. uniflorum were earliest ripening species due to lowest GDD. Essential oil yield was positively and significantly correlated with the traits that are components of aerial mass, indicating that selection for breeding new cultivars should focus on increased aerial biomass yield, late flowering and high flower number.</p></abstract>

To evaluate the seven species of Tanacetum genus - Tanacetum balsamita, T. parthenium, T. pinnatum, T. polycephalum, T. tabrisianum, T. uniflorum, and T. vulgare - an experiment was conducted in Karaj Iran. Data were recorded for plant canopy cover, plant height, flower number per plant, aerial biomass yield, time required for flowering, growing degree days to flowering (GDD), essential oil percentage and yield. Results showed that T. parthenium had higher mean values for plant canopy cover, plant height and flower number per plant whereas the species of T. parthenium, T. balsamita and T. vulgare had higher aerial biomass yield in comparison to the other species. The T. balsamita coupled with aerial biomass yield had the highest essential oil concentration. The T. tabrisianum and T. uniflorum were earliest ripening species due to lowest GDD. Essential oil yield was positively and significantly correlated with the traits that are components of aerial mass, indicating that selection for breeding new cultivars should focus on increased aerial biomass yield, late flowering and high flower number.

Evaluation of Aerial Biomass Yield and Essential Oil Content of Seven Species of Tanacetum

Journal of Horticultural Research

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To evaluate the seven species of Tanacetum genus - Tanacetum balsamita, T. parthenium, T. pinnatum, T. polycephalum, T. tabrisianum, T. uniflorum, and T....

Evaluation of Aerial Biomass Yield and Essential Oil Content of Seven Species of Tanacetum

Published Online: Jun 30, 2017

Page range: 19 - 25

Received: Nov 01, 2016

Accepted: May 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/johr-2017-0002

Keywords
Tanacetum spp., aerial biomass yield, essential oil concentration

© by Mohammad Ali Alizadeh

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Evaluation of Aerial Biomass Yield and Essential Oil Content of Seven Species of Tanacetum

Published Online: Jun 30, 2017

Page range: 19 - 25

Received: Nov 01, 2016

Accepted: May 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/johr-2017-0002

KeywordsTanacetum spp., aerial biomass yield, essential oil concentration

© by Mohammad Ali Alizadeh

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Tanacetum spp., aerial biomass yield, essential oil concentration