Cultivation Possibilities of Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis L.) in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey

Ahmet YENİKALAYCI; Mahmut  GUNES; Kemal  GUL

doi:10.46291/ISPECJASvol5iss2pp313-319

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Ahmet YENİKALAYCI Department of Plant Production and Technologies, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Muş Alparslan University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4955-5723
Mahmut GUNES County Agriculture and Forestry Directorate Kayseri https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2014-0022
Kemal GUL Directorate of Provincial Agriculture And Forestry, Plant Production And Plant Health Branch Directorate

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46291/ISPECJASvol5iss2pp313-319

Keywords:

Essential oil content, essential oil components, lemon balm, Melissa officinalis

Abstract

This study was carried out to determine yield and quality characteristics of Lemon balm (M. officinalis L.) in in 7 districts (7 locations) under Kayseri ecological conditions for 3 years in 2015-2017. In this research, herbage yield, essential oil content, essential oil yield and components were determined. Dry herbage yields varied between 5250-6100 kg ha^-1, essential oil contents varied between 0.07-0.24%, and essential oil yields as 4.2 lt ha^-1. The main essential oil components were gereniol (1.90-20.77%), nerylacetate (1.13-34.63%), linalool (4.04-25.34%), neral (5.10-12.96%), caryophylleneoxide (0.78-15.17%), geranial (1.20-14.19%), β–caryophyllene (8.50-12.93%). In terms of herbage yield and essential oil quality, Yahyalı and Kocasinan districts, had favorable environmental conditions for lemon balm cultivation.

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