EXPRESSION OF GENETIC POTENTIAL OF QUALITY INDICATORS IN CONDITION OF ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE UNDER THE AIM OF PROMOTING CONSERVATION AND USE OF MINT GERMPLASM RESOURCES
CREOLA BREZEANU 1, PETRE MARIAN BREZEANU 1, TEODOR ROBU 2, SILVICA AMBÄ‚RUÅž 1, AURELIA DOBRESCU 3 1. Vegetable Research and Development Station Bacau, Calea Barladului, No. 220, Bacau, code: 600388, e-mail:creola.brezeanu@yahoo.com; brezeanumarian@yahoo.com; silvia_ambarus@yahoo.com.
2. University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine, Iasi, Romania Faculty of Agriculture, 3, Mihail Sadoveanu Alley, IaÅŸi, Romania. e-mail: teorobu@uaiasi.ro
3. University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine, Bucuresti, Romania Faculty of Horticulture, Marasti, Romania
This study represents an attempt to evaluate the continuing need for services in order to ensure the diversification of germplasm resources, in order to promote the multiple potential use as culinary, medicinal, honey, decorative. Our focus was on Mentha piperita species cultivated in ecological culture system. In our study we made observations and investigations regarding the applied technology in order to ensure a proper herba and volatile oil yield. The study presents also a review of potential use of species