Phenotypic variation of wild Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) populations and their evaluation for medicinally important essential oil

• Published in: Biochemical systematics and ecology Vol. 80; pp. 21 - 28
• Main Authors: Tsivelika, Nektaria, Sarrou, Eirini, Gusheva, Katerina, Pankou, Chrysanthi, Koutsos, Theodoros, Chatzopoulou, Paschalina, Mavromatis, Athanasios
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2018
• Subjects: a-Bisabolol; Biodiversity; breeding; Chamazulene; Chamomile; combs (social insects); cultivars; Essential oil; essential oils; germplasm; Greece; Matricaria chamomilla; new variety; phenotype; phenotypic variation; Greece; Essential oil; Chamomile; Biodiversity; Chamazulene; a-Bisabolol

In this study the existing phenotypic and chemotypic variability of native to Greece chamomile populations was investigated, aiming to select the appropriate ones for the production of high quality essential oil. For this purpose, eleven native chamomile populations were studied concerning the main...