Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Spearmint (Mentha spicata), also known as garden mint, common mint, ... Fungal diseases are common diseases in spearmint. Two main diseases are rust and leaf spot.
Mentha, also known as mint (from Greek μίνθα míntha, [2] Linear B mi-ta [3]), is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. [4] It is estimated that 13 to 24 species exist, but the exact distinction between species is unclear.
This article is a list of diseases of mint (Mentha piperita, M. cardiaca, M. spicata and M. arvensis). ... Viral diseases; Spotted wilt Tomato spotted wilt virus:
Mentha arvensis, the corn mint, field mint, or wild mint, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae. It has a circumboreal distribution, being native to the temperate regions of Europe and western and central Asia , east to the Himalaya and eastern Siberia , and North America .
Puccinia menthae feeds on plants in the family Lamiaceae.Commonly, there are two groups of mint rust, spearmint rust and peppermint rust. [3] [4] The strain of P. menthae that infects peppermint is not able to infect spearmint plants and the strain that infects spearmint cannot infect peppermint, but both can infect Scotch spearmint. [5]
Mentha alaica has been used in various formulations in Traditional Chinese Medicine. [8] As an ingredient within this tradition, it is believed to "dispel pathogenic heat and wind." [9] Under the common name Hortelã, M. alaica was reported used as an herbal medicine in Brazil to treat nausea, as well as digestive and kidney problems. [10]
Mint diseases (10 P) Mint drinks (9 P) Mint food (1 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Mentha" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.
Mentha × gracilis (syn. Mentha × gentilis L.; syn. Mentha cardiaca (S.F. Gray) Bak.) is a hybrid mint species within the genus Mentha, a sterile hybrid between Mentha arvensis (cornmint) and Mentha spicata (native spearmint). It is cultivated for its essential oil, used to flavour spearmint chewing gum. [1]