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Published on: August 15, 2019
Morphophysiological changes of wild Stachys multicaulis species under physical conditions during the cultivation
Ali Tavili1, Hossein Bashari2, Habib Yazdanshenas1
1Department of Reclamation of Arid & Mountainous Regions, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.
Abstract:
Depending on the physical environmental conditions, cultivation process can have significant effects on the wild plants' morphophysiological characteristics. Stachys multicaulis is an Iranian wild endemic medicinal plant species and its cultivation preformed under different Soil Textures (ST) and Soil Moisture Regimes (SMRs). Controlled pot culture conditions performed with light, moderate, heavy STs and a set of SMRs at 100% Field Capacity (FC), 70%FC and 30% FC. Plant cultivated in heavy STs had higher performance in all measured treats. Height of plant (HP), Calibrated Greenness (CG), Leaf Ratio (LR) and Angle (LA), aerial Moisture Content (MC) did not show a regular trend in comparison to the wild. Unlike the Density of Trichome (DT), Length of leave's Trichome (LT) showed a significant change under cultivation conditions (p < 0.01). Also, as a physiological response, Essential Oils Components (EOC), especially thymol and bicyclogermacrene decreased with decreasing soil MC for light ST and the lowest change were observed in heavy ST and 30%FC. Generally, cultivation reduced EOCs, but improved plant's morphological characteristics.
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