Microencapsulated Caraway Essential Oil Affects Initial Growth of Maize Cultivars
In: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), Jg. 26 (2021-06-30), Heft 16
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Caraway (Carum carvi L.) essential oil is a candidate for botanical herbicides. A hypothesis was formulated that the sand-applied maltodextrin-coated caraway oil (MCEO) does not affect the growth of maize (Zea mays L.). In the pot experiment, pre-emergence application of five doses of MCEO was tested on four maize cultivars up to the three-leaf growth stage. The morphological analyses were supported by the measurements of relative chlorophyll content (SPAD), two parameters of chlorophyll a fluorescence, e.g., Fv/Fm and Fv/F0, and fluorescence emission spectra. The analyzed MCEO contained 6.5% caraway EO with carvone and limonene as the main compounds, constituting 95% of the oil. The MCEO caused 7-day delays in maize emergence from the dose of 0.9 g per pot (equal to 96 g m−2). Maize development at the three-leaf growth stage, i.e., length of roots, length of leaves, and biomass of shoots and leaves, was significantly impaired already at the lowest dose of MCEO: 0.4 g per pot, equal to 44 g m−2. A significant drop of both chlorophyll a fluorescence parameters was noted, on average, from the dose of 0.7 g per pot, equal to 69 g m−2. Among the tested cultivars, cv. Rywal and Pomerania were less susceptible to the MCEO compared to the cv. Kurant and Podole. In summary, maize is susceptible to the pre-emergence, sand-applied MCEO from the dose of 44 g m−2.
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Microencapsulated Caraway Essential Oil Affects Initial Growth of Maize Cultivars
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Możdżeń, Katarzyna ; Jop, Beata ; Krajewska, Agnieszka ; Synowiec, Agnieszka ; Bocianowski, Jan |
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Zeitschrift: | Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), Jg. 26 (2021-06-30), Heft 16 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2021 |
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ISSN: | 1420-3049 (print) |
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