Comparison on agronomy and quality characters of selective strain of Schizonepeta tenuifolia
Objective: With the purpose of selecting adequate quality and high production of Schizonepeta tenuifolia, the com-parative experiments were carried out on different strain of S. tenuifolia in 2007. Method: The test fields were divided into blocks ran-domly, and the agronomy characters were investigated in harvest time; the content of volatile oil was measured by steam distilation and the pulegone were determined by HPLC. Result: The yield of S4 was 18.63 % and 29.99 % higher than that of CK1 and CK2, re-spectively. The contents of volatile oil and pulegone were also higher than those of CK and other strains in this test. Conclusion: S4 shows the advantages of high production, strong desease resistance and high active components. S4 would be extended as the good breed in production.
Schizonepeta tenuifoliastrainagronomy characterquality character