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Sufficiency ranges and crop nutrient removals for peppermint (Mentha X piperita L.) established from field and pot fertilizer experiments

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dc.contributor.authorArrobas, Margarida
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Isabel Q.
dc.contributor.authorAfonso, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, M.A.
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-19T10:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-04T17:11:43Z
dc.date.available2018-01-19T10:00:00Z
dc.date.available2019-02-04T17:11:43Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractPeppermint is an important aromatic and medicinal plant used across the world in pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries. However, there is a lack of agronomic research on this crop which hinders the implementation of best agricultural practice at farm level. Plant analysis, for instance, cannot be used as a tool to implement a suitable fertilizer recommendation program, since sufficiency ranges and crop nutrient removals have not yet been established. Thus, the main objectives of the present work were to assess the response of peppermint to varying nitrogen(N),phosphorus(P),potassium(K)and boron(B)rates,to establish sufficiency ranges from macro, micronutrients and SPAD-readings and to estimate crop nutrient removals in the above ground biomass.Field trials and pot experiments were conducted from 2013 to 2015 in a wide range of conditions involving 12 N, P, K or B fertilizer trials and a total of 48 cuts of biomass. Nitrogen fertilization increased dry matter yield of peppermint on the vast majority of sampling dates. In contrast, P, K, or B did not produce a significant effect on dry matter yield in any of the experiments. The sufficiency ranges set for macronutrients N, P, K, Ca and Mg are respectively 32.0 – 42.0, 1.2 – 4.5, 10.0 – 30.0, 7.0 – 23.0, and 4.0 – 10.0 g kg−1. Those for micronutrients B, copper (Cu), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), and manganese (Mn) are respectively 20 – 200, 5 – 25, 100–600,25–300,and30–200mgkg−1.Sufficiency range for SPAD-readings is 45 – 50 SPAD units. All these ranges were established for the commercial harvesting date. The amounts of N, P, K, calcium (Ca), and magnesium (Mg) removed in above ground biomass are respectively 22.7,1.6,26.4,16.4 and 4.8kg Mg−1 of dry biomass.en_EN
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the Sustainable management of medicinal and aromatic plants; [PRODER 46025]
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionen_EN
dc.identifier.citationArrobas, Margarida; Ferreira, Isabel Q.; Afonso, Sandra; Rodrigues, M.A. (2018). Sufficiency ranges and crop nutrient removals for peppermint (Mentha X piperita L.) established from field and pot fertilizer experiments. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. ISSN 0010-3624. 49, p. 1719-1730en_EN
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00103624.2018.1474909en_EN
dc.identifier.issn0010-3624
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/18742
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyesen_EN
dc.relationPRODER 46025
dc.subjectDry matter yielden_EN
dc.subjectLeaf nutrient concentrationen_EN
dc.subjectPlant analysisen_EN
dc.subjectThreshold valuesen_EN
dc.titleSufficiency ranges and crop nutrient removals for peppermint (Mentha X piperita L.) established from field and pot fertilizer experimentsen_EN
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