ISHS Acta Horticulturae 331: WOCMAP I - Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Conference: part 3 of 4
NEW CROP INTRODUCTION: EXPLORATION, RESEARCH AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF AROMATIC PLANTS IN THE NEW WORLD |
| Author: | James E. Simon |
| DOI: | 10.17660/ActaHortic.1993.331.28 |
| Abstract:
While Capsicums are among the most renown herb plants native to the New World, there are a wide range of native and introduced species of aromatic plants now produced in the United States that have economical significance. Many other native aromatic plants contain unusual natural products but still await commercialization. Aromatic plants in the New World can be broadly classified as essential oil and resinous bearing trees, shrubs, and vines and the herbaceous aromatic plants which are either cultivated such as peppermint and spearmint or which remain nondomesticated and are wild harvested. This present review will provide a brief overview to the North American aromatic plant industry by briefly describing aromatic plants used as sources of essential oils and others used as culinary herbs and spices, including the American mint industry and current research in mint; the exploration of new and minor aromatic plants native and introduced into North America; and to the factors which must be addressed for the success commercialization of new aromatic plants and plant products. | |
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