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Existing a research station to focus and manage the Medicinal Plants Research Unit in the cultivation and domestication of plants to achieve the information needed to develop this economic activity is essential. Also, the existence of medicinal planting pattern farms will cause the focus of educational and extension activities in the field of medicinal plants cultivation. Therefore, the collection of these plants was prioritized to domesticate them, providing research results to enthusiasts and activists of medicinal plants cultivation and use for the management of educational and promotional purposes in Chamkhani Research Station affiliated Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center. For this purpose, initial and complementary measures such as clearing the field of stones, plowing, discing, fertilization, designing the field, fixing the passage routes of visitors, and preparing the parts according to each method of cultivation of medicinal plants in the one-hectare land were carried out in the mentioned station. In the first phase, twenty-four plant species were selected and cultured in 60 and 120 m2 areas in different densities. The difference in planting levels was due to habitat conditions, the number of seeds and seedlings available, and dryland and irrigated conditions of different plant species. After the expert consensus, the following medicinal plants were cultivated; Allium hirtifolium Boiss, Crocus sativus L, Mentha piperita L, Hyssopus officinalis L, Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench, Salvia officinalis L, Echium amoenum Fisch, Melissa officinalis L, Thymus vulgaris L, Thymus daenensis Celak, Tanacetum parthenium L, Origanum vulgare L, Hypericum perforatum L, Calendula officinalis L, Cynara scolymus L, Gundelia tourneforti L, Allium Jesdianum Boiss & Buhse, Kelussia odoratissima Mozaff, Ferula assa-foetida L, Ferula gummosa Boiss, Dorema aucheri Boiss, Althaea officinalis L, Achillea millefolium L and Prangos ferulacea Lindl according to the results, the average viability of cultivated species was more than 80%. Moreover, drying of vegetative organs, seed separation of plants in suitable places, and estimating the value of production per unit area at different times and vegetative growth periods were performed. At the end of this research, chorology, botany, required ecological conditions, therapeutic properties, best planting time, planting method, organs used, best harvest time, and dry plant yield was determined for each plant species. Transforming the irrigation system from traditional to pressurized was another measure of the plan.
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