Effect of harvesting dates of thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) on contents and quantity of leaves plant


Abstract in English

The; research was carried out during the two agricultural seasons 2010/2011- 2011/2012 at Par. of Agriculture, Department of crops, to study the effect of date harvesting of Thymus vulgaris L. on quantity and essential oil percentage thyme leaves . Planting seeds at 5/1/2010 at polyethylene don full 250/g soil and transplanting seedlings at 1/2/2011 experiment locationn in area Al-sheikh Bader,Tartous Governator(Syria) the experiment was randomized blocks designs. with three replications, using 3 harvesting dates Before flowering stage (T1) 61 days after transplanting. Full flowering stage (T2) ater 65 days after transplanting. After flowering stage "decennary binging" (T3) 72 days after transplanting. The results showed that: The harvesting time before flowring stage gave significant increasing in percentage of moisture of herb, significantly increasing carbohydrates, fat in leaves comparing to the another date harvesting full and after flowering stages (T1,T2) respectively. The harvesting of time full flowering (T2) gave significant increase at protein percentage, ash and essential oil in thyme leaves compared to the times harvesting before and after flowering stages (T1) and (T3) respectively. The harvesting time after flowering stages (T3) caused significantly decreased moisture percentage in herb, protein percentage and fat percentage in leaves compared to the two harvestings before and full flowering stages (T1) and (T2) on another hand significantly increased of total fiber compared to the (T1) and (T2) harvesting stages during the two seasons.

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