Seedlings growth of common sunflower under influence of peppermint extract

  • Edyta Skrzypek Department of Biotechnology, The Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology Polish 9 Academy of Sciences, Niezapominajek 21, 30-239 Cracow, Poland
  • Peter Repka Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Matej Bel 11 University, Tajovského 40, SK-974 01 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
  • Alina Stachurska-Swakoń Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University, Kopernika 27, 31-501 Cracow, Poland
  • Beata Barabasz‑Krasny Department of Botany, Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University, Podchorążych 2, 30-084 Cracow, Poland
  • Katarzyna Możdżeń Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University, Podchorążych 2, 30-084 Cracow, Poland
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.159695

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of aqueous extracts from the leaves of peppermint (Mentha ×piperita L.) on the seedlings and plants of common sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Different concentration of peppermint leaves extract: 1, 3, 5, 10, 15% was used to examine the growth (length), fresh and dry mass of common sunflower seedlings and plants watered peppermint extracts in phase of growth. We measured the length of seedlings and separated organs of plant: root, hypocotyl, epicotyl, petioles of the first row and remainder of the shoot. Additionally, we determined fresh and dry mass of these organs and cotyledons, leaves of the first order and remainder of the leaves. Depending on the concentration the aqueous extracts showed a stimulatory (low extract concentration) or inhibitory (high extract concentration) effect on growth, fresh and dry mass of common sunflower seedlings and plants.

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Fig. 1. Mentha ×piperita – shoot and inflorescence, single flower and underground stolons.
Published
2016-06-01
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SKRZYPEK, Edyta et al. Seedlings growth of common sunflower under influence of peppermint extract. Modern Phytomorphology, [S.l.], v. 9, p. 69-73, june 2016. ISSN 2227-9555. Available at: <http://ojs.phytomorphology.org/index.php/MP/article/view/30>. Date accessed: 11 apr. 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.159695.
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