Method for cultivation of hybrid mint plant designated 18-14-185 for production of essential oil composition
OwnerChris Jenkinsinventor
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Abstract
A hybrid mint plant characterized by an essential oil composition profile, methods of cultivating the hybrid mint plant, and methods of producing an essential oil composition with the essential oil composition profile using the hybrid mint plant are disclosed.
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A method of producing an essential oil, the method comprising extracting the essential oil from a hybrid mint plant known as 18-14-185, wherein the essential oil comprises 1-menthone and 1-menthol and wherein the weight ratio 1-menthone to 1-menthol ranges from about 0.09:1 to about 0.85:1.
A method of cultivating a hybrid mint plant known as 18-14-185, the method comprising asexually propagating tip cuttings or stolon cuttings, wherein the hybrid plant comprises an essential oil, the essential oil comprising 1-menthone and 1-menthol and wherein the weight ratio 1-menthone to 1-menthol ranges from about 0.09:1 to about 0.85:1.
The method of claim 11, wherein the essential oil comprises from about 2.1% mass to about 2.5% mass of 1-limonene, from about 2.7% mass to about 4.5% mass of menthone, from about 55% mass to about 65% mass of menthofuran, from about 2.5% mass to about 3.6% mass of menthyl acetate, from about 10% mass to about 15% mass of menthol, and from about 3.75% mass to about 4.4% mass of 1,8-cineole.
A hybrid mint plant known as 18-14-185, the hybrid mint plant comprising an essential oil, the essential oil comprising comprises 1-menthone and 1-menthol and wherein the weight ratio 1-menthone to 1-menthol ranges from about 0.09:1 to about 0.85:1.
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