Study on weed flora and their influence on patchouli (Pogostemon cablin Benth.) oil and patchoulol
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Study on weed flora and their influence on patchouli (Pogostemon cablin Benth.) oil and patchoulol
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BHATTACHERYYA , N
CHUTIA , M SARMA , T C |
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Plant Science
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Experiments were conducted to study the weed flora and its influence on the yield of oil and
Patchoulol by co-distillation of fresh Patchouli leaves with weed biomass at different proportions (0,
5, 10, 15 and 30%) during 2004-05 and 2005-06. The survey of weeds commonly growing in
patchouli plantation was made and a total of 17 weed species were recorded. Alternanthera sessile,
Cynodon dactylon and Oxalis cornicullata exhibited 100% frequency in both the years. A. sessile, C.
dactylon and O. cornicullata had highest density during 1st year and the density of most of the weed
species increased during 2nd year except C. dactylon and A. sessile. Co-distillation of fresh
Patchouli leaves with weeds at the rate of 0, 5, 10,15 and 30% yielded 0.70, 0.67, 0.65, 0.50 and
0.43% oil, respectively. It was observed that the oil yield decreased gradually with the increase in
weed biomass. However, the percentage of patchoulol showed a different behaviour. It decreased at
15% (53.7) and 30% (50.4) and increased at 5% (56.5) and 10% (63.8) treatments. The oil extracted
with weed biomass imports a weedy odour, which may decrease its commercial value. © Academic
Journals Inc.
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2007
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Article
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application/pdf
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http://neist.csircentral.net/240/1/2505_JPlantSci2_1p.96%2D101.pdf
BHATTACHERYYA , N and CHUTIA , M and SARMA , T C (2007) Study on weed flora and their influence on patchouli (Pogostemon cablin Benth.) oil and patchoulol. Journal of Plant sciences (USA), 2 (1). pp. 96-101. |
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http://neist.csircentral.net/240/
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