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- Title
Bioinoculant with Vermicompost Augments Essential Oil Constituents and Antioxidants in Mentha arvensis L.
- Authors
Chaturvedi, Shruti; Pandey, Rakesh
- Abstract
Today's demand has approached the sustainable agriculture with synergistic bioinoculants for improved crop production and soil rejuvenation. Furthermore, the emergence of chemical fertilizers, for intensive farming practice increasing for many decades without the knowledge of health hazards and environmental problems, can be resolved. Purposely, the present study was conducted on commercially grown medicinal plant Mentha arvensis L. to improve productivity and yield using natural bio-sources such as bioinoculant and vermicompost. The new findings illustrated that M. arvensis L. showed significantly (P < 0.05) improved plant growth, secondary metabolites, total phytoconstituents, and total antioxidant capacity in bioinoculant-treated plants as compared to the control with carrier vermicompost. Moreover, the highly effective treatment also exceeded the most prominent aroma compounds menthol, menthone, and isomenthone. Most interestingly, with high yield increment, the essential oil also showed significant antibacterial activity. The present study concluded an unambiguous fortification of bioinoculant with carrier vermicompost, showing a promising synergistic potential that validates itself as bio-stimulants in enhancing physiological and biochemical properties of M. arvensis L. resulting in high yield and improved quality.
- Subjects
ESSENTIAL oils; MINTS (Plants); OXIDANT status; METABOLITES; AGRICULTURAL intensification; FOOD aroma
- Publication
Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2021, Vol 40, Issue 3, p1284
- ISSN
0721-7595
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00344-020-10189-y