Valorization of German Chamomile Agri-Waste as a Source of High-Value Products: Characterization of Nutrients and Phytochemicals Towards Functional Food Development

Waste and Biomass Valorization, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Aug. 21, 2024

Language: Английский

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Revitalizing Marginal Areas of Basilicata (Southern Italy) with Saffron: A Strategy Approach Mixing Alternative Cultivation System and Land Suitability Analysis

Land, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(4), P. 902 - 902

Published: April 19, 2025

The abandonment of farmland in Europe is a significant issue due to its environmental, socio-economic, and landscape consequences. This tendency mainly impacts marginal inner areas, located far from large urban districts, because biophysical and/or socio-economic factors. Although European national regulations try turn the fragility these territories into an opportunity for sustainable development, many especially southern Europe, continue suffer disparities. For this reason, it necessary consider regional district-wide initiatives that can economically revitalize areas while safeguarding their natural capital. Alternative cropping systems, capable optimizing quality some food crops, play essential role economic development populations living areas. These represented by inland zones often abandoned difficulty applying mechanized agriculture, represent rediscover profitable practices. Among high-value saffron (Crocus sativus L.), “red gold” “king spices”, stands out potential. Indeed, thanks use tuff tubs, more eco-sustainable choice compared plastic pots already mentioned literature, possible improve spice. Furthermore, Crocus L. not only lends itself multiple uses but also represents valid supplement agricultural income. made high profitability beneficial properties human health, offering way diversify production with positive social impacts. It known market Italy suffers competition developing countries (Iran, Morocco, India) producing at lower costs than countries, cost labor. Therefore, study seeks identify be recovered valorized through cultivation system potential enhance spice, making unique resilient competition. Specifically, paper organized on dual scale investigation: (a) local level demonstrate economic-ecological feasibility adoption alternative farming technique experimental site Tricarico (Basilicata—Southern Italy, 40°37′ N, 16°09′ E; 472 m. a.s.l.) that, although fertile, suitable systems; (b) spatially explicit land suitability analysis indicate location where export cultivation. final map, obtained combining geo-environmental variables, considered precious tool support policymakers farmers foster broad strategy founded new crop management systems. agroecological could optimize resources perspective increasing productivity

Language: Английский

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Genetic Diversity, Cultivation, and Utilization of Aromatic Plants

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Soil sorption and effects on soil microorganisms of thymol and carvacrol monoterpenes from essential oils of aromatic plants

Frontiers in Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: July 26, 2024

To increase the biodiversity of agricultural systems, aromatic plants appear particularly promising as additional perennial crops in intercropping. They produce essential oils that contain monoterpenes, for example. These compounds have antibiotic properties make them interesting commercialisation medicinal or pesticide products, but also carry risk undesirable effects on soil microorganisms and thus functions. investigate this, monoterpenes thymol carvacrol a set four typical soils were selected sorption batch tests toxicity carried out to determine dose-response relationships. Sorption followed second order kinetics was best described at equilibrium by non-linear BET isotherm distinguishes between monolayer multilayer non-polar compounds. While very fast with rate constants 1.66 × 10 −4 0.70 min −1 carvacrol, strength remained quite low ( K d 1.93–3.69), indicating high mobility bioavailability monoterpenes. In addition, relation single low, multivariate impact several properties. Although are isomeric compounds, they differed well five microbiological enzyme activities. particular, caused inhibition activities, whereas did not measurable relevant all cases. The effect concentrations 10% 25% percent (EC10, EC25) ranged from <1 µg grams per Gram hormesis observed concentrations. On one hand, this indicates only toxicity; other defined thresholds can be reached exceeded expected environmental This may harbour adverse effects, phytosanitary effect, which requires further research.

Language: Английский

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Spatial habitat suitability prediction of essential oil wild plants on Indonesia’s degraded lands

PeerJ, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12, P. e17210 - e17210

Published: April 1, 2024

Background Essential oils are natural products of aromatic plants with numerous uses. have been traded worldwide and utilized in various industries. Indonesia is the sixth largest essential oil producing country, but land degradation a risk to continuing extraction utilization products. Production on degraded lands potential strategy mitigate this risk. This study aimed identify that could be suitable habitats for five wild native plants, namely Acronychia pedunculata (L.) Miq., Baeckea frutescens L., Cynometra cauliflora Magnolia montana (Blume) Figlar, sumatrana var. glauca Figlar & Noot using species distribution models. Methods The habitat suitability these was predicted by comparing ten models, including Bioclim, classification regression trees (CART), flexible discriminant analysis (FDA), Maxlike, boosted (BRT), multivariate adaptive splines (MARS), generalized linear models (GLM), Ranger, support vector machine (SVM), Random Forests (RF). Bioclimatic, topographic soil variables were used as predictors model suitability. evaluated according their AUC TSS metrics. Model selection based ranking performance. total area Indonesia’s derived overlaying locations. Results well an value >0.8 >0.7. most important predictor affecting mean temperature wettest quarter, precipitation seasonality, warmest coldest cation exchange capacity, nitrogen, sand, organic carbon. C. has area, followed M. , B. A. . overlapping between predictive indicates majority forest areas those species. Conclusion widely spread throughout Indonesia, mostly its main islands. These findings can Indonesian Government evaluating policies restorations enhance lands’ productivity.

Language: Английский

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Aromatic crops cultivation a promising option in Indian agricultural system to support circular economy: A sustainable approach

Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 42, P. 101863 - 101863

Published: Nov. 25, 2024

Language: Английский

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Exploring Global Genebank Resources to Introduce and Assess Cultivation Potential of Moldavian Dragonhead in Armenia

Agrobiodiversity for Improving Nutrition Health and Life Quality, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8(2)

Published: Nov. 30, 2024

The increasing interest in spicy plants for their diverse applications functional foods and as melliferous highlight a wide array of species valued distinctive flavours, nutritional benefits, therapeutic properties. Dracocephalum moldavica L., commonly known Moldavian dragonhead, is noteworthy candidate due to its value, high essential oil content, antioxidant capacity, adaptability. Various plant genetic resources information systems national genebank databases were explored identify suitable varieties be cultivated Armenia. Key insights from this assessment revealed limited availability D. accessions across global genebanks, with significant gaps accession data, particularly regarding characterization evaluation. This lack comprehensive impeded the selection process. Based on publicly available records, literature valuable traits, two cultivars – Gorynych Moldavia - selected study potential introduction Minimal differences observed growth stages morphological cv. showing taller inflorescences slightly larger floral features. Both demonstrated extended flowering periods, indicating Armenia's valley conditions. These are recommended cultivation further research biochemical

Language: Английский

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