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VII International Scientific Agriculture Symposium "Agrosym 2016", Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina, 6 - 09 October 2016, pp.408
Abstract
Regarding biodiversity the Black Sea region belongs to one of the richest regions of Turkey. Totally 2239 species are present in the East Black Sea region, 514 of them are endemic and the endemism ratio is ca. 23 %. More than half of the plants distributed at the East Black Sea region are present in the Rize province. 70 % of the plants are of medicinal and aromatic value. 4 Mentha species, 3 Origanum species, 3 Thymus species, 2 Salvia species, 2 Stachys species and 1 Calamintha species were collected from 19 different localities in Rize during 2015. A field nursery was established using collected material. Traits like plant height, number of branches, stem diameter, leaf area, dry drog weight, fresh drog weight, dry drog yield, fresh drog yield, seed weight and essential oil yield were determined. Principal Component Analysis was performed to assess the diversity regarding with the investigation of characters. Based on obtained data large diversity could be determined. Collected materials can be used as genetic resources for further investigations. Keywords: Lamiaceae, medicinal and aromatic plants, characterization.