ISHS Acta Horticulturae 306: International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, XXIII IHC
ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL APPROACH IN THE OPTIMALIZATION OF MEDICINAL PLANT AGRO-SYSTEMS* |
| Author: | J. Bernáth |
| Abstract:
The utilization of medicinal and aromatic plants has been increased even by the developing countries and it is obvious too that almost 90 % of mankind takes medicines basically of natural origin. Creation of new agro-systems can be motivated by both biological and ecological considerations. To establish or optimalize a medicinal plant production system a suitable level of ecophysiological knowledge is needed: a.) the population (or chemotype) must have a stable biosynthetic pathway for the secondary compound, b.) the agrotechnics should be harmonized with possibilities of on-going agricultural practices and the ecological and physiological optimum of secondary compounds, c.) the optimalization should be extended to the postharvest processes. | |
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