Increasing the efficiency of vegetative propagation of medicinal crops in seedling culture

The use of vegetative propagation is promising for obtaining raw materials of stable biochemical composition from popular medicinal and essential oil plants of the Lamiaceae family, such as peppermint, common thyme and oregano. Increasing the efficiency of cuttings (increasing rooting, shortening the growing period) is an urgent problem in this field. The domestic OMEK-7 complex (JSC Bioamid) and Fitaktiv extra (LLC NPO BINAM, Russia) were used in the work. As a result of the research, the high efficiency of Fitaktiv extra in concentrations of 0.5–2 ml/l in rooting of peppermint and spearmint cuttings, as well as common thyme and oregano was shown. The application of a foliar treatment with OMEK-7 (an amino acidmineral complex at a concentration of 1 g/L) contributed to the subsequent growth of the aboveground part of the cuttings. The combined use of the above preparations made it possible to increase the yield of plant material per unit area and to obtain seedlings of these crops for planting in the ground in a short time.

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