EFFECT OF HEIGHT OF CUTTINGS ON HERB AND LEAF YIELD AND
ESSENTIAL OIL CONTENT OF ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS
L.
Saliha KÚrÚcÚ and Çetin
afak1
Treatments consisted of five height cuttings (5,10,15,20 and 25 cm from the ground
surface) and were tested in a randomized block design with three replications. The 10 cm. cutting
height proved the most productive in fresh and dry herbage and essential oil as well as subsequent
vigour of regrowth.
1 Faculty of Agriculture, University of Çukurova, Adana 01329, Turkey; fax (90-71)
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