Caraway: The Genus CarumEva Nemeth Caraway, the seventh volume in the series Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles, collects together all of the existing information in connection with the biology, chemistry, agrotechnology and utilization of the plant genus Carum. After an overview on all Carum species, it deals mainly with th most important species Carum carvi L. The |
Contents
1 INTRODUCTION | 1 |
2TAXONOMY AND BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE GENUS CARUM | 10 |
3 MAIN CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF CARUM | 38 |
4 THE ROLE OF LIGHT AND TEMPERATURE IN THE GROWTH DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVE AGENT ACCUMULATION IN CARAWAY ... | 61 |
5 QUESTIONS OF THE GENERATIVE DEVELOPMENT IN CARAWAY | 77 |
6 REGULATION OF ESSENTIAL OIL FORMATION IN CARAWAY | 92 |
7 A CENTURY OF BREEDING CARAWAY IN THE NETHERLANDS | 117 |
8 PRODUCTION OF BIENNIAL CARAWAY FOR SEED AND ESSENTIAL OIL | 144 |
9 AGROTECHNOLOGY OF ANNUAL CARAWAY PRODUCTION | 158 |
10 ALIMENTARY CULINARY ANDINDUSTRIAL USES OF CARAWAY | 174 |
11 PHARMACOLOGICAL USES AND TOXICOLOGY OF CARAWAY | 186 |
12 APPLICATION OF SCARVONE AS A POTATO SPROUT SUPPRESSANT AND CONTROL AGENT OF FUNGAL STORAGE DISEASES | 197 |
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accumulation acid activity agricultural amount Anethum graveolens annual caraway Apiaceae Araliales aromatic Bernáth biennial caraway Bleija Bouwmeester breeding caraway Carum carvi caraway essential oil caraway fruits caraway plants caraway seeds Carum carvi carveol carvone content cells chamomile chemical components composition compounds concentration constituents coriander coumarins crop cultivar cultivation decrease dill distillation endosperm enzymes essential oil content extracts factors fertilization Figure flavonoids flowering Fructus carvi germination grown Hälvä harvest herb Herba increase inhibition inhibitors karwij light intensity light quality limonene limonene and carvone long day conditions Lubberts medicinal plants Mentha mericarps monoterpenes Netherlands nitrogen oil and carvone oil ducts oil production peppermint period photoperiod phytochrome plant density pollen population Putievsky S-carvone samples seed yield Smid soil sowing sown species spices sprout growth sprout suppressant storage Talent temperature terpenes tissue Toxopeus tubers Umbelliferae Umbelliferae family umbels varieties vegetative vernalization Wageningen weight xylem Zijlstra