Low menthol mint plant Mentha spicata L. `Erospicata`

Details Low menthol mint plant Mentha spicata L. `Erospicata` Low menthol mint plant Mentha spicata L. `Erospicata`

1992-10-27

1994-03-15

Feyrer, James R.

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A01H 500

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PP0086452

ABSTRACT:
A novel Mentha spicata mint plant characterized by its resistance to verticillium wilt and mint rust, and an essential oil with a relatively low l-menthol content and high menthone content. The oil, which has at most only minor amounts of piperitone and l-carvone, is characterized by peppermint-like taste and a hot odor.

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Murray, "The Genetic Basis for a Third Ketone Group in Mentha Spicata L.," Genetics 46:931-937 (Jul. 1960).
Tucker et al., "The Origin of Mentha.times.Gracilis (Lamiaceae). II. Essential Oils," Economic Botany 45:200-215 (1991).

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