Open AccessEcological effect of common horehound cultivation (Marrubium vulgare L.)
Author(s) -
V. Derkach,
N. Kutsenko
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
agroèkologičeskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2077-4915
pISSN - 2077-4893
DOI - 10.33730/2077-4893.2.2016.248310
Subject(s) - raw material , sustainability , agriculture , agroforestry , crop , biology , nectar , agronomy , sorghum , geography , botany , ecology , pollen
The predictable positive effects from the cultivation of indigenous medicinal plant White horehound (Marrubium vulgare) are present. It is proved that red the cultivation of plants in the crop on large areas will not only provide domestic pharmaceutical enterprises with medicinal raw materials and reduce the load on the plant communities on the harvesting of plants, but also will increase the biodiversity and sustainability of agricultural lands. Due to the presence of sugar nectar in the flowers and a long flowering period of the aftermath after the procurement of raw materials it is expected significantly improving of quality and performance of apiaries products. Perennial crops of White horehound ordinary due to the peculiarities of the structure of the root system of plants are able to resist water and wind erosion of soil.