GROWING POSSIBILITIES OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS IN GREENHOUSES CLIMATIZED BY BIOGAS POTENTIAL IN TEKIRDAĞ REGION

Abstract

Medicinal and aromatic plants that are generally grown in natural environment and obtained by collection from these natural environments cannot meet the need.In this respect, it is possible to increase the possibility of growing medicinal and aromatic plants by providing the necessary climatic conditions especially with greenhouse systems. In the greenhouse, the highest cost is the provision of air conditioning. In this respect, greenhouse air conditioning system can be provided with renewable energy or waste materials. In this study, information on some medicinal and aromatic plants that can be grown in greenhouses conditioned by biogas which can be produced from wastes of bovine and ovine animal production structures in Tekirdağ region where agriculture and animal husbandry are carried out intensively in our country and waste evaluation can be obtained without being subject to low cost medical and aromatic plants. intended. For this purpose, biogas potential and energy production opportunities of each district of Tekirdağ were determined and medicinal and aromatic plants that can be grown by providing greenhouse air conditioning were determined. As a result of the research, Capers (Capparis spinosa) (Barbera and Lorenzo, 1984), Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) (Ayanoğlu et al., 2016), Poppy (Papaver somniferum linnaeus) (Erdurmuş and Öneş, 1990), Mint (Mentha piperita) (Anonim, 2019), which can be easily provided with biogas production potential in Tekirdağ region and which have high economic returns with demand. Medicinal Sage (Salvia officinalis) (Bağdat, 2008), Gojiberry (Lycium barbarum) (Anonim, 2015a; Anonim 2015b), St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) (Bayram ve ark., 2002), Lemon Balm  (Melissa officinalis) (Anonim,2019)  has been concluded that medicinal and aromatic plants such as can be grown.