Ornamental Use of Labiates for Xeriscape in Mediterranean Area

Lopez, Jesse; González, Alda; Fernandez, J.A.; Bañón, S.

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2006.723.66

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“…In particular, the use of native species belonging to the Labiatae family as garden plants is of increasing interest due to their adaptation to the Mediterranean environmental conditions characterized by high summer temperatures, dry alkaline soils, frequent highvelocity and desiccating winds (Lopez et al, 2007;Toscano et al, 2014). The genus Micromeria (family Labiatae) comprises approximately 78 species distributed over Asia, Europe, Africa and North America (Bräuchler et al, 2008).…”

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Effect of Cutting Size and Basal Heat on Rooting of Micromeria fruticulosa Stem Cuttings

Sabatino

D’Anna

Iapichino

2017

Not Bot Horti Agrobo

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Micromeria fruticulosa (Bertol.) Grande is a small pulviniform shrub, belonging to the Labiates, and characterized by twisted stems and pink-purple flowers. Endemic to Campania and Sicily (Italy), M. fruticulosa grows from sea level to 600 m altitude. This specie might be considered an excellent native plant for landscape purposes in Mediterranean areas because of its long flowering period, extending from November to June, and its tolerance to heat and drought. The exploitation of wild plants for ornamental purposes implies knowledge on the factors influencing the propagation methods. Root development of stem cuttings of M. fruticulosa was investigated in relation to basal heat and cutting size. Softwood terminal cuttings of a clone grown in Sicily were trimmed to two sizes: short (3 cm) or long (6 cm) length. Propagation was performed in unheated greenhouse covered with clear polyethylene and external 70% shade-cloth. To verify the rooting response to basal heat, half of the cuttings were placed on a basal heated bench (22 ± 2 °C constant temperature) while the remaining were placed on an unheated bench. Acclimatized rooted cuttings were thereafter transplanted into each plastic pot (diameter 16 cm). Plants were thereafter transplanted in the open field and were evaluated for their ornamental value. Basal heat promoted earlier rooting and positively affected adventitious root formation. Six cm long cuttings exposed to basal heat exhibited the best development in terms of number and length of adventitious roots. Flowering plants derived from 6 cm long cuttings exposed to basal heat showed the highest number of flowering branches and flowers per plant.

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Effect of Cutting Size and Basal Heat on Rooting of Micromeria fruticulosa Stem Cuttings

Sabatino

D’Anna

Iapichino

2017

Not Bot Horti Agrobo

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“…It is widely used as an ornamental plant due to the attractive contrast of its striking blue flowers with its evergreen foliage, which is gray-green above and silver-white beneath (López et al 2006). In addition, this species is valued for its medicinal properties in some parts of Central Italy, where the leaf infusion is used as a depurative and diuretic (Maccioni et al 1997).…”

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Micropropagation of Teucrium fruticans L., an ornamental and medicinal plant

Frabetti

Gutiérrez-Pesce

Gyves

et al. 2009

In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Plant

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An efficient protocol for in vitro propagation of the valuable ornamental and medicinal plant Bush germander (Teucrium fruticans L.) was developed through axillary shoot proliferation. A Murashige and Skoog agar medium supplemented with benzylaminopurine (6.6 μM), α-naphthaleneacetic acid (0.053 μM), and sucrose (3%) significantly improved the production of multiple shoots directly from nodal segment explants, resulting in an average of 2.8 shoots per segment with an average of 6.8 nodes per shoot that would be potential newly formed explants. The new shoots were developed without a marked decrease in the average height of the shoots. Shoots treated with 2.5 μM indole-3-butyric acid showed the highest average root number (7.9) and the highest percentage of rooting (94%). Plantlets were hardened off and transferred to jiffy pots for acclimatization under greenhouse conditions, resulting in a 100% survival rate.

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“…In this regard, some researchers have reported that mycorrhizal plants grow better than non-mycorrhizal plants under high temperature stress [Haugen andSmith 1992, Gavito et al 2005]. Garden design in areas with Mediterranean climate nowadays relies mainly on native ornamental shrubs that are tolerant to the hot and dry local summer [Iapichino et al 2006, Lopez et al 2006, Cassaniti et al 2009, Sabatino et al 2014. However, the use of tender herbaceous perennials in mixed borders and island beds is still common in Mediterranean-type environments as long as irrigation during the summer season is provided.…”

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ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL INOCULATION AND SHADING ENHANCE CROP PERFORMANCE AND QUALITY OF GREENHOUSE Begonia semperflorens

Sabatino

D’Anna

Torta

et al. 2019

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Mycorrhizal fungi are gaining interest in the floriculture sector due to the beneficial effects on a crop performance and ornamental quality. The aim of the current study was to assess the effect of inoculation with the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi Rhizophagus irregularis on ornamental quality of Begonia × semperflorens-cultorum grown in two different protected cultivation systems: a shadehouse or glasshouse. The inoculated plants incurred a significant increase of plant height by 34.6%, lateral shoot length by 27.9%, number of lateral shoots by 41.2%, number of flowers per plant by 102.9%, flower diameter by 27.5%, and stems dry weight by 263.6%. High temperatures in the glasshouse negatively affected the AM root colonization. On the contrary, shading induced higher mycorrhizal colonization (48.6%) and increased plant height, number of lateral shoots, number of flowers per plant and flower diameter compared to the glasshouse environment. Taking all together, our results clearly demonstrated that mycorrhizal inoculation at transplanting and shading may be beneficial to floriculture growers wishing to produce high quality B. semperflorens-cultorum plants during the spring-summer season.

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Ornamental Use of Labiates for Xeriscape in Mediterranean Area

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Effect of Cutting Size and Basal Heat on Rooting of Micromeria fruticulosa Stem Cuttings

Effect of Cutting Size and Basal Heat on Rooting of Micromeria fruticulosa Stem Cuttings

Micropropagation of Teucrium fruticans L., an ornamental and medicinal plant

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL INOCULATION AND SHADING ENHANCE CROP PERFORMANCE AND QUALITY OF GREENHOUSE Begonia semperflorens

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