Gecom
Description
Compact plant with medium-short internodes. Thick leaves, spoon shaped with dark green colour. Excellent flavour. Suited for pot cultivation and for the cutting. Availability of the seed “FT” officially tested “Zero” Fusarium oxysporum and “Zero” dodder seed. Patent n°0000002365.
Components and essential oils content
Gecom has been obtained selecting and isolating plants with high essential oil content (cineol, eugenol, linalol) that gives intense, fragrant, fresh smell. The variety do not contain estragol, responsible for the mint flavour.
The above data have been obtained from analysis made by gascromatography with FID (HRGC) detector and mass spectrometer (GC/MS) on plants at 65 days from sowing in pots. The total content expressed in mg/100g of fresh product (leaves) can change according to the plant age, light and temperature conditions, cultivation tecniques.