Productive, metabolic and anatomical parameters of menthol mint are influenced by light intensity



Título del documento: Productive, metabolic and anatomical parameters of menthol mint are influenced by light intensity
Revista: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000436160
ISSN: 0001-3765
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Instituciones: 1Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Quimica, Seropedica, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
2Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude, Seropedica, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
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Volumen: 92
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés The cultivation of aromatic species to obtain essential oils has great economic importance, presenting an increasing demand from different industrial sectors, especially to menthol mint (Mentha arvensis L.) essential oil, rich in menthol (70-80%). Consortium cultivation has been an important practice in agricultural systems whose land use is necessary, consequently promoting strong competition for light in reduced space. Thus, this study aimed verifying if different light intensities might promote chemical, metabolical and anatomical alterations in menthol mint. Plants were grown in greenhouse at different average of light intensities (137, 254, 406 and 543 µmol photons m2 s1). Samples were collected 43 days after germination and submitted to following analyses: Gravimetric test, photosynthetic pigments, soluble fractions, enzymatic activity, N-total, trichome density and histochemistry and chemometric test based on essential oil chemical profile. Fresh mass gain, trichome density, essential oil content and soluble sugars were positively influenced by light intensity increase. On the other hand, total-N, NO3−-N and pigments content have decreased influenced by light intensity increase. In the secretion from the trichomes, phenolic substances were reported, as well as lipophilic ones in the peltate ones. The increase of oxygenated monoterpenes was favored by light intensity decrease
Disciplinas: Agrociencias
Palabras clave: Fitotecnia,
Fisiología vegetal,
Intensidad de la luz,
Respuesta fisiológica,
Aceites esenciales,
Tricomas glandulares,
Nitrato reductasa,
Mentha arvensis,
Lamiaceae
Keyword: Crop husbandry,
Plant physiology,
Light intensity,
Physiological response,
Essential oils,
Glandular trichomes,
Nitrate reductase,
Mentha arvensis,
Lamiaceae
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