Effect of different planting densities on yield and yield components of wild thyme (Thymbra Spicata Var. SPICATA)

Abstract

The study reports the effect of the planting density of wild thyme (Thymbra spicata var. spicata) on plant height, fresh herbage yield, dry herbage yield, dry leaf yield, essential oil content and essential oil yield. The results show that the highest fresh and dry herbage, dry leaf yield and essential oil yield were obtained from narrow row spacing and in-rows. However, fresh herbage, dry leaf yield and essential oil yield showed a variation of 0.993-1.463 kg m-2, 0.179-0.279 kg m-2 and 33.6-50.9 L ha -1, respectively. © 2005 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.