Oliveira, Rui S.Moreira, VanessaNunes, MafaldaRocha, InêsCarvalho, M. FátimaVosátka, MiroslavCavaleiro, CarlosSalgueiro, LígiaFreitas, Helena2024-09-262024-09-262014-09Oliveira, R. S., Moreira, V., Nunes, M., Rocha, I., Carvalho, M. F., Vosátka, M., Cavaleiro, C., Salgueiro, L., & Freitas, H. (2014). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are more efficient than chemical fertilisers in the production of essential oils of common thyme (Thymus vulgaris). ICEH14 /3rd International Congress of Environmental Health: Proceedings Book, 1, 418–420.978-989-20-5086-7http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/26130Common thyme is an aromatic plant with medicinal, cosmetics and culinary uses. Due to its antimicrobial, antioxidant/antiradical and antitumor activity the essential oils of common thyme are in great demand (Nikolić et al., 2014). A significant part of the production of aromatic plants relies on the use of chemical fertilisers, which when applied in large scale can have significant environmental consequences (Malik et al., 2011). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are a group of soil microorganisms that forms mutualistic symbioses that can benefit plants by improving the uptake of mineral nutrients, mineralising organic nutrients and conferring drought resistance (Oliveira et al., 2005).AMF have the potential to be inoculatedin the production of common thyme as an ecotechnological tool to reduce the input of chemicals fertilisers.engArbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF)Soil microorganismsconference object