The objective of this study has been to evaluate the essential oil production of Melissa officinalis L. with irrigation blade in the North of Minas Gerais as a measure of water rational use. The experimental design has been completely randomized in subdivided plots in the time with six treatments, defined by irrigation blade (T1=0,50xET0; T2=0,75xET0; T3=1,0xET0; T4=1,25xET0; T5=1,5xET0 e T6=1,75 x ETO), and four replications. The study has been conducted at the micro lysimeter. Based on regression analysis, it has been observed that the fitomass production and growth was influenced by water availability. The production and content of the essential oil are inversely proportional to the increase in the irrigation blade. The production of biomass has been obtained from the smaller blade and the evaluation times did not influenciate on their blades.
medicinal plants; evapotranspiration; water stress
