Essential oil content and composition, nutrient and mycorrhizal status of some aromatic and medicinal plants of northern Greece.
A field survey was conducted in three northern Greek mountain areas (Chortiatis, Ossa, and Pieria) to investigate the mycorrhizal and nutritional status, and the essential oil content and composition of common medicinal and aromatic plants. A range of values for nutrient status and essential oil contents and composition was established. All plants were found to be mycorrhizal, including Achillea coarctata Poir., Micromeria juliana (L.) Bentham ex Reichenb., and Salvia sclarea L.;. these three are reported as being mycorrhizal for the first time. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal root colonization was highest in Pieria, exceeding 80% for all 15 plants sampled, and lower in Chortiatis and Ossa.
Department of Agronomy, Technological and Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, 54101 Thessaloniki, Greece. karanik@cp.teithe.gr
Nikitas
N
Karagiannidis
Hellen
H
Panou-Filotheou
Diamando
D
Lazari
Ioannis
I
Ipsilantis
Christina
C
Karagiannidou
D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006115:Greece; D038821:Mycorrhizae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000382:microbiology*; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000382:microbiology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000382:microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity
D009822:Oils, Volatile; D010936:Plant Extracts