https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2020.8477

Bio-organic and inorganic fertilizers modify leaf nutrients, essential oil properties, and antioxidant capacity in medic savory (Satureja macrantha L.)

Vol. 93 No. 1 (2020)
Submitted: August 9, 2019
Accepted: November 28, 2019
Published: July 3, 2020
Essential oil, Thymol, Total phenol content, Nutrients uptake
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Mitra Bakhtiari
Department of Agronomy, Shahr-e-Qods Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Hamid Mozafari
hamidmozafari1398@gmail.com
Department of Agronomy, Shahr-e-Qods Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Khalil Karimzadeh Asl
Research Institute of Forests and Rangeland, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO) Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Behzad Sani
Department of Agronomy, Shahr-e-Qods Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Mehdi Mirza
Research Institute of Forests and Rangeland, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO) Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of.

The present study was carried out to assess the effects of bio-organic and inorganic fertilizers on plant nutrients, essential oil composition and antioxidant capacity of Satureja macrantha L. The experiment included nine treatments viz., NPK (50:25:25 kg ha−1), Vermicompost (VC) (5 t ha–1), NPK +VC, Thiobacillus (T), T+VC, T+sulfur (S) (250 kg ha−1), T+S 500 kg ha−1, Glomus mosseae, and control (untreated plants). The results showed the highest Essential Oil (EO) content and yield were respectively observed in plants treated with the combination of VC and NPK. Total Phenol Content (TPC) in first-year plants treated with VC and second-year plants under NPK+VC were higher than other experimental plants. Total Flavonoid Content (TFC) in second-year plants under the combination of NPK was greater than other plants. N content in first year plants treated with NPK fertilizer / combination of NPK and VC was higher compared to other experimental plants. The highest P content was observed in the NPK application in first year. Gas Chromatography—Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) analyses revealed that the main constitutes of S. macrantha EO were p- Cymene (16.30-34.64%), γ-terpinene (15.46-33.6%), and Thymol (14.82-43.09%), which had different responses to sampling time and fertilizer treatments.

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Bakhtiari, M., Mozafari, H., Karimzadeh Asl, K., Sani, B., & Mirza, M. (2020). Bio-organic and inorganic fertilizers modify leaf nutrients, essential oil properties, and antioxidant capacity in medic savory (<i>Satureja macrantha<i/> L.). Journal of Biological Research - Bollettino Della Società Italiana Di Biologia Sperimentale, 93(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2020.8477

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