Contents of essential oil in leaves or in leaves + stems of three
clones of rose-scented geranium
There were significant differences between clones and plant
parts studied (leaves or leaves + stems) for essential oil content.
No clone × plant part interaction was observed for essential oil
content (Table 2). Essential oil content was significantly higher
in leaves than in leaves + stems in all the three clones (Table 3).
‘Bourbon’ had significantly higher essential oil content both in
leaves, and in leaves + stems than ‘LTC-2’ and significantly higher
essential oil content in leaves + stems than ‘Narmada’. There
were no significant differences in the percentage of stem in the
leaves + stems samples of the three clones (Table 1). The mean
percentage of stem in leaves + stems samples was 26.6 per cent