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2007
Volume 10
Issue 1
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Horticulture
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Andruszczak S. 2007. AN ESTIMATION OF THE YIELDING OF MARSH MALLOW (Althanea officinalis L.) DEPENDING ON THE MANNER OF SETTING UP THE PLANTATION, EJPAU 10(1), #16.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume10/issue1/abs-16.html

AN ESTIMATION OF THE YIELDING OF MARSH MALLOW (ALTHANEA OFFICINALIS L.) DEPENDING ON THE MANNER OF SETTING UP THE PLANTATION

Sylwia Andruszczak
Department of Agricultural Ecology, University of Agriculture in Lublin, Poland

 

ABSTRACT



A field experiment done in the years 2002-2005 evaluated the effect of the manner of setting up the plantation (from seed sowing directly to the ground – control object; from seed sowing directly to the ground with a covering of agrotextiles; from seedlings obtained in a foil tunnel; from seedlings produced in multi-cell-trays in a foil tunnel) on the yielding of the fresh weight of the overground parts and the roots of marsh mallow and on the content of mucus in the raw material in the first and second years of the vegetation of plants.

A greater fresh weight of the overground parts and the roots was produced by the plants cultivated from the seedlings as compared to direct sowing; however, the best yield-forming effects were achieved planting the seedlings produced in multi-cell trays (a significant increase of the yields compared to the control was 59% and 14%, respectively, in the first year, and 72% and 37% in the second year of vegetation. The greatest content of mucus was found in the roots from the cultivation from seed sowing directly to the ground with a covering of agrotextiles. However, considering the yield of mucus, the greatest amount of the studied compounds was obtained in the objects with the seedlings from a tunnel (one-year-old plants) and with the seedlings produced in multi-cell trays (two-year-old plants).

Key words: marsh mallow, manner of plantation establishment, mucus content.


Sylwia Andruszczak
Department of Agricultural Ecology,
University of Agriculture in Lublin, Poland
13 Akademicka Street, 20-950 Lublin, Poland
email: sylwia.andruszczak@ar.lublin.pl

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