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Sage strips yielded 5.0 L per hectare of essential oil.
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e0“the essential oil yield from sage, rosemary and thyme strips was 5.0, 8.7 and 10.8 L ha$^{-1}$, respectively.”
Title
Benefits of plant strips for sustainable mountain agriculture
Victor Hugo Durán Zuazo; Carmen Rocío Rodríguez Pleguezuelo; José Ramón Francia Martínez; et al. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) . doi:10.1051/agro:2008020/pdf
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- Intervention effect Thyme strips reduced soil loss by 93% versus conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect Thyme strips reduced runoff by 80% versus conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect Rosemary strips reduced soil loss by 91% versus conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect Rosemary strips reduced runoff by 82% versus conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect Sage strips reduced soil loss by 69% versus conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect Sage strips reduced runoff by 51% versus conventional tillage.
- Intervention effect Plant strips reduced NPK losses in surface runoff compared with tillage.
- Observation Almond nut yield averaged 2.4 kg per tree with sage strips.
- Observation Almond nut yield averaged 3.2 kg per tree with rosemary strips.
- Observation Almond nut yield averaged 3.8 kg per tree with thyme strips.
- Observation Almond nut yield averaged 4.5 kg per tree under conventional tillage.
- Observation Rosemary strips yielded 8.7 L per hectare of essential oil.
- Observation Thyme strips yielded 10.8 L per hectare of essential oil.
- Recommendation The authors regarded orchard trees combined with shrubs as a viable conservation and production option.