ISHS Acta Horticulturae 502: II WOCMAP Congress Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Part 3: Agricultural Production, Post Harvest Techniques, Biotechnology
EVALUATION OF 49 MARJORAM ACCESSIONS (ORIGANUM MAJORANA L.) |
| Authors: | F. Pank, J. Franke, R. Quilitzsch, J. Langbehn, W. Junghanns, J. Novak, M. Hoffmann, Ch. Franz, A. Kegel |
| Keywords: | Marjoram (Origanum majorana L.), variability, morphology, essential oil, sensorial evaluation, precocity |
| Abstract:
A total of 49 marjoram accessions were evaluated for their suitability as starting material for a European Union funded project on breeding research. They were cultivated in a field experiment in the region of middle Germany in 1996. The investigated populations revealed a high variability of most traits: Precocity, height of plant at harvest, yield of leaf-flower fraction, essential oil content, trans-sabinene-hydrate content of the essential oil and sensorial impression. The high variation of important traits is a good prerequisite for deriving starting material for the prospective breeding program. 44 accessions are grouped by means of a cluster analysis on 68 variables, resulting in 9 disjoint clusters. 6 selected clusters are described with respect to economically important traits. | |
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