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ble 31.3

Effect of development stage on oil content (%) and per

cent content of major impor

tant terpenoids in

M. spicata

cultivars

Name

Mode of Period

Oil

Percent contents of major oil components

of

planting between

content Carvone Limonene 1,8-

3-

Menthone Isomenthone Neomenthol Menthol

b-Bour

b-Caryo- Sabinene

cultivar

planting &

%

Cineole Octonol

bonene phyllene

hydrate

harvesting

Arka

By

(i) 70 DAP

0.40

72.3

8.7

3.1

0.8

–

–

–

–

1.2

0.9

0.70

stolons

(ii) 100 DAP 0.55

62.1

16.2

2.0

0.4

–

–

–

–

0.9

0.9

1.50

Neera

-do-

(i) 70 DAP

0.25

67.5

4.9

4.7

0.3

–

0.8

–

0.7

4.1

–

–

(ii) 100 DAP 0.34

44.2

25.4

6.5

0.4

–

0.5

–

0.1

3.4

–

–

MSS-5

-do-

(i) 70 DAP

0.38

80.2

1.2

0.6

0.6

–

–

–

–

1.2

2.4

0.8

(ii) 100 DAP 0.58

58.3

18.9

2.2

0.6

–

–

–

0.1

0.5

0.2

0.1

Neer-

-do-

(i) 70 DAP

0.35

71.6

9.6

0.2

0.5

0.4

0.5

0.9

0.2

–

–

–

kalka

(ii) 100 DAP 0.58

47.4

35.4

0.4

0.1

0.2

0.8

0.5

0.6

–

–

–

Source: (Bahl

et al.

2000).