Biological value and essential oil content in sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) depending on calcium fertilization and cultivar
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: . Within the Ocimum genus there occur about 200 species in different varieties and forms. They differ in the essential oil content and quality, as well as in many morpho-logical features. The studies conducted in the years 2008–2009 were aimed at defining the effect of basil cultivar (‘Kasia ’ and ‘Wala’), as well as of the differentiated doses of CaCO3 (6 or 12 g·dm-3 of substratum) upon the biological value and chemical composition of the oil in the examined plants, grown in pots filled with transitory peat. A significant interaction was reported between the examined cultivar and CaCO3 dose upon the yield of fresh basil plant weight. The highest yield (172.3 g·plant-1) was obtained from plants of Kasia ’ cultivar, when a higher dose of CaCO3 was applied (12 g·dm-3 substratum). Lack of significant effect of calcium carbonate dose was reported upon the yield of fresh basil plant weight. In the examined objects similar fresh weight yield values were obtained. At a higher dose of calcium carbonate the unit plant weight equaled 165.9 g·plant-1, and at a lower dose of CaCO3 it was 160.2 g·plant-1. The percentage of dry matter significantly depended on the cultivar. Basil of ‘Wala ’ cultivar had higher dry matter content, (32.0%) compared to ‘Kasia ’ (25.6%). Both the cultivar and calcium carbonate dose significantly
Author: Katarzyna Dzida
Institution: University of Life Sciences in Lublin
Language: English
Subfield: Soil Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2111335079