Claim · model-written summary
Lower soil water content increased peltate hairs producing essential oil, essential oil yield, and mesophyll cell density in both plants.
Verbatim
e0“The decrease of SWC from 100% to 40% reflected an increase in the number of leaf peltate hairs producing the essential oil, an increase in the leaf essential oil yield, an increase in the density of mesophyll cells”
t0“Mentha spicata L. and Origanim dictamnus L.”
Title
Effects of soil water content on Mentha spicata L. and Origanim dictamnus L.
Maria Matraka; Eliza Ninou; Anastasia Giannakoula; et al. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 2010. doi:10.1560/ijps.58.2.229
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Drought reduced height and biomass in both plants.
- Observation Leaves became smaller and showed chlorosis with reddish patches.
- Observation Leaf mesophyll vacuoles accumulated anthocyanins and intercellular spaces diminished.
- Observation Leaf blade thickness was unchanged in M. spicata.
- Observation Leaf blade thickness was greatly reduced in O. dictamnus.
- Intervention effect Lower soil water content decreased stomatal number in both plants.
- Intervention effect Drought negatively affected chlorophyll, fluorescence, photosynthesis, and transpiration measures.