scholarly journals Changes in essential oil content of Lippia citriodora in response to induction of bio-active compounds and plant growth regulators

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 619-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahsa Roodbaraky ◽  
Ali Mehrafarin ◽  
Farahnaz Khalighi-Sigaroodi ◽  
Hassanali Naghdi Badi

<p>Background &amp; aim: Bioactive compounds and plant growth regulators could change a plant’s essential oil content and composition. In this study, the effect of bioactive compounds and plant growth regulators on lippia citriodora was investigated.<br />Objective: This experiment was done with three replications on the basis of factorial experiment in randomized complete block design. The bio-regulators were sprayed in four levels, i.e. distilled water, 50 ppm gibberellic acid (GA3) + 50 ppm indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), 50 ppm GA3 + 100 ppm IBA, and 100 ppm GA3 + 50 ppm IBA. The chitosan was sprayed in two levels: distilled water and 400 ppm chitosan. The methanol was sprayed in two levels: distilled water and 5% v/v methanol. The essential oil was extracted by hydrodistillation method and analyzed by GC and GC/MS.<br />Results: Thirty-two compounds were identified, representing 95.08% of the total essential oil. The main components were E-citral (geranial) (25.02%), Z-citral (neral) (16.04%), ar-curcumene (10.37%), caryophyllene oxide (9.56%), spathulenol (6.83%), limonene (4.99%) and (E)-caryophyllene (2.29%). The studied traits were significantly affected (p &lt; 0.01) by the interaction of bioregulators, methanol and chitosan application.<br />Conclusion: Foliar application of IBA, GA3, chitosan and methanol could increase aromatic values of L. citriodora essential oil.</p>

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yousef Nasiri

AbstractTo study the effect of farmyard manure and plant growth regulators on yield and essential oils of dragonhead, an outdoor experiment was conducted in Maragheh, Iran. The experiment was carried out based on randomized complete block design with three replications. Three amounts of farmyard manure (FYM) including 0, 10 and 20 t/ha together with foliar growth regulators including 0, salicylic acid (SA), ascorbic acid (ASc) and SA + ASc were used. The results revealed that application of 10 and 20 t/ha farmyard manure significantly increased plant height and the number of lateral stems. However, application of 20 t/ha led to the increase of the number of the main and flowering stems, biomass and essential oil percentage of dragonhead compared to control. The effect of growth regulators on the number of lateral and flowering stems, and biomass was significant: foliar application of SA and ASc separately or in combination increased the number of lateral stems; however, the number of flowering stems and biomass of dragonhead increased only when both growth regulators were used in combination (SA + ASc). The results also indicated that the highest length of inflorescence (13.57 cm) and essential oil yield (41.83 kg/ha), by 31.4 and 126.3% increment, respectively, were observed under foliar application of 20 t/ha farmyard manure together with SA + ASc application compared to the control.


2021 ◽  
pp. 71-76
Author(s):  
BIPUL KUMAR MANDAL

The experiment was carried out on ten-year-old Amarapali mango (Mangifera indica L) in randomized block design with seventeen treatments with three replications at BAU, Ranchi to study the effect of foliar application of nitrogen and plant growth regulators on bearing and physico-chemical constituent and self life of mango. Among the different treatments, application of 200ppm ethephon had most favourable effect in causing earliness in panicle emergence days (16.0 days), initiation of first flower (12.3 days) and days to initiation of fruit set (10.3 days) over control. Whereas application of 2000ppm triadimefon in combination with 2% urea increased intensity of flowering shoot to the extent of88.5% in fruit plant. The maximum number of fruit set per panicle (44.7), fruit retention (12.1%) and number of harvested fruit per tree (194.4) were observed with combined use of 100ppm SA and 2% urea as compared to control. The highest TSS (25.1 0Brix) and reducing sugar (3.0%) content were registered under 100ppm GA3, while the highest phenol (2.84mg/100g) was recorded from the fruits of the plants sprayed with 200ppm ethephon in combination with 2% urea. However, minimum (11.1%) physiological loss in weight (PLW) was recorded in 100ppm SA along with 2% urea.


Author(s):  
M. Qandeel ◽  
A. Jabbar ◽  
F. U. Haider ◽  
A. L. Virk ◽  
N. U. Ain

Maize is a widely grown cereal crop worldwide, butthe heat stress and delayed sowing of maize are major constraints that result in declining the maize productivity.Therefore, the current study was designed to investigate the growth promoting effect of different growth regulators i.e., salicylic acid, methyl jasmonate, and humic acid at multiple sowing times in  spring maize. Experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design having split-plot arrangement with three replications having plot size of 6m × 2.25m.The yield contributing agronomic parameters were recorded and analyzed statistically by using Fisher’s analysis of variance technique and treatment means were contrasted by Least significance difference having 5% probability test. Results revealed that early and delayed sowing of maize tended to decline the maize productivity and grain yield. Maximum yield and yield contributing traits were observed in S1 (recommended sowing, i.e., 20-02-2017). The plant growth regulators significantly influenced the productivity of maize and minimized heat stress. The interaction between sowing dates and plant growth regulators were also significant. Among plant growth regulators, the foliar application of methyl jasmonate resulted to produce maximum biological, grain yield, 1000-grain weight, and harvest index, which were 23.04, 36.12, 14.06 and 7.87%, respectively higher than the control.The study reported that delayed sowing of maize declined the production of maize due to the gradual rise of temperature in March and plant growth regulators had the potential to minimize the heat stress and productivity of maize.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (no 1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kousika. S ◽  
Ajish Muraleedharan ◽  
K. Sha ◽  
P.K. karthikeyan ◽  
C. Praveen Sampath Kumar ◽  
...  

Tagetes is a genus of annual, perennial or herbaceous plant in the family Asteraceae. Most of the species have pinnate green leaves. Blooms are naturally occurring in golden, orangeyellow, and white colour, often with maroon highlights. Floral heads are 4 to 6 cm in diameter, generally with both ray florets and disc florets. The present study was conducted at the post graduate research laboratory at Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University to find out the “Effect of plant growth regulators on flowering and yield of African marigold (Tagetes erecta Linn)”. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. There were ten treatments, viz., GA3 100 ppm, GA3 200 ppm and GA3 300 ppm, NAA 100 ppm, NAA 200 ppm, NAA 300 ppm, Ethrel 50 ppm, Ethrel 100 ppm, and Ethrel 150 ppm and control. Among the growth regulators tried, GA3 200 ppm as foliar application on 30 and 60 days after transplanting registered the highest values for plant characters like plant height (47.1 cm), number of branches ( 35.1), days taken to first flower bud appearance (39.3 days), days taken to flower opening (37.6 days), longevity of flower (11.17 days), stalk length (12.1 cm), diameter of flower (7.8 cm), number of flowers per plant (40.3), weight of the single flower (9.1 g), yield of flowers per plant (337 g) and flower yield per plot (11.1 kg). From the present study, it is recommended that spraying of GA3 200 ppm on 30 and 60 days after transplanting improved yield and quality of African marigold flowers.


IAWA Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Zhiyi Cui ◽  
Xiaofei Li ◽  
Daping Xu ◽  
Zengjiang Yang ◽  
Ningnan Zhang ◽  
...  

Abstract There is a need to better understand and promote formation of ‘Jiang Xiang’, the highly valuable heartwood of Dalbergia odorifera T. Chen. Plant growth regulators are the most widely used and generally most effective promoters of heartwood formation. However, to date no method has been proved effective for D. odorifera as little is known about biochemical and physiological change during heartwood development. Four potential heartwood induction substances viz. ethephon, methyl jasmonate, salicylic acid and abscisic acid solutions were injected into the trunk of D. odorifera to determine the effect on heartwood formation and related physiological responses. Non-structural carbohydrates, wood properties, essential oil and histochemical and structural observation were assessed in the post-treatment period. As also observed in the formation of natural heartwood, growth regulator-induced Jiang Xiang production was accompanied by sapwood dehydration, non-structural carbohydrates consumption and synthesis of heartwood specific substances. These substances were synthesized in the ray and axial parenchyma and than transported into the vessels through the pits. As the heartwood substances accumulated, basic density and essential oil content increased gradually, thereby Jiang Xiang was finally produced. In this process, physiological parameters of discoloured sapwood gradually evolved to resemble those of natural heartwood. Ethephon-induced Jiang Xiang was closest to natural heartwood and its density, essential oil content, composition and relative amounts met the standards for high-quality Jiang Xiang, while the other inducers had unsatisfactory induction effects. This study supports the hypothesis that ethephon could be applied to induce formation of Jiang Xiang in D. odorifera.


2022 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-18
Author(s):  
Md Ehsanullah ◽  
Ahasan Ullah Khan ◽  
Md Kamruzzam ◽  
Sarah Tasnim

A field study was conceded to assess the effect of plant growth regulators on growth and quality flower production of chrysanthemum at Horticulture Research Centre (HRC), Gazipur, Bangladesh. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with ten (10) treatments and three replications. The treatments of plant growth regulators concentration were T1-50 ppm GA3, T2-100 ppm GA3, T3-150 ppm GA3, T4-400 ppm CCC, T5-600 ppm CCC, T6-800 ppm CCC, T7-250 ppm MH, T8-500 ppm MH, T9-750 ppm MH and, T10-Control. The maximum spreading of plant (27.0 cm) was observed when plants were treated with GA3 @ 150 ppm where the minimum plant spread (16.8 cm) was recorded in plants treated with CCC @ 800 ppm. The higher number of suckers (33) per pot was produced when pots were treated with GA3 @ 150 ppm whereas, application of CCC at three different concentrations produced lower number of suckers.  The highest number of flower (40) was recorded with 150 ppm GA3, where minimum number of flowers (25) per pot in 800 ppm CCC. The plants sprayed with 50 ppm GA3 took 48 days to flower initiation, whereas, it took 70 days with 750 ppm MH. the highest plants recorded (7.40 cm) with 800 ppm CCC, whereas, lowest size (6.50 cm) was obtained with the application of 500 ppm MH. The maximum vase life of flowers was recorded for the treatment 800 ppm CCC (15 days), which was at par with 13 days vase life obtained by spraying 600 ppm CCC. Therefore, it is concluded that the GA3 acted as growth promoter and the CCC acted as growth retardants on yield and quality of chrysanthemum.


Author(s):  
Alireza Shayganfar ◽  
Davod Akhzari

Background: Thymus plants are well-known medicinal plants and it is believed that the pharmaceutical and therapeutically properties of these plants are related to their essential oils. The quality and quantity of the essential oils, as a secondary metabolite of aromatic plant, is directly related to the physiological state of the plant. The role of jasmonates in the plant as signal molecules in mediation and up-regulation of plant defense and secondary metabolism processes is well recognized. Objective: With the aim of increasing the performance and stimulating secondary metabolites, this study evaluate the influence of foliar application of MJ on essential oil content and composition of three different Thymus species, whether as an elicitor or an activator. Method: The experiment was arranged in a randomized block design with MJ treatments in four levels (0, 30, 60, 100 mM) and three replications. Results: Compared to the control, essential oil content of all three species increased in all treatment levels. However, the changes of essential oil composition were different. Under MJ treatments, the amount of sesquiterpenes (especially caryophyllene oxide) increased in T. daenensis and T. fedtschenkoi. In addition, the amount of thymol in T. daenensis, thymol, and γ-terpinene in T. vulgaris increased, whereas carvacrol methyl ether in T. daenensis and p-cymene in T. vulgaris decreased. Conclusion: It seems the type of plant species has a specific role in determining the response. There were no interpretable changes between treatment levels.


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