Ecological production of lavenders in Cuenca province (Spain). A study of yield production and quality of the essential oils

  • Jaime Usano-Alemany
  • David Herraiz Peñalver Centro Agrario de Albaladejito, Consejería de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha
  • Joaquín Cuadrado Ortiz Centro Agrario de Albaladejito, Consejería de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha
  • Brígido de Benito López Centro Agrario de Albaladejito, Consejería de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha
  • Orencio Sánchez Ruiz Centro Agrario de Albaladejito, Consejería de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha
  • Jesús Palá-Paúl Universidad Complutense de Madrid
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_BOCM.2011.v35.13
Keywords: ecological production, lavandin, lavender, essential oil, linalool, linalyl acetate.

Abstract

In the present paper, we present a description of the ecological agriculture of different lavenders in Cuenca province (Spain). We focused on the important aromatic crops of Lavandula angustifolia (lavender) and on three varieties of Lavandula × intermedia (lavandin) called name abrial, rosso and super. A description of yield production and essential oil qualities obtained in our experimental fields are presented. Lavandin var. super showed the best essential oil quality with good yield production as well. The current market of Fragrant and Medicinal Plants claims raw materials with confirmed quality, with good practices of harvesting, transformation and manufacture by means of ecological production.

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Jaime Usano-Alemany

Centro Agrario de Albaladejito, Consejería de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha

Departamento de Biología Vegetal I (Botánica), Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Jesús Palá-Paúl, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Departamento de Biología Vegetal I (Botánica), Facultad de Biología,

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Usano-Alemany J., Herraiz Peñalver D., Cuadrado Ortiz J., de Benito López B., Sánchez Ruiz O. y Palá-Paúl J. (2011). Ecological production of lavenders in Cuenca province (Spain). A study of yield production and quality of the essential oils. Botanica Complutensis, 35, 147-152. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_BOCM.2011.v35.13
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