EFFECT OF SOME TRACE ELEMENTS ON GROWTH, YIELD AND CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF OCIMUM BASILICUM PLANTS | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Desert Research | ||
| Article 1, Volume 67, Issue 1 - Serial Number 67, June 2017, Pages 1-23 PDF (924.9 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejdr.2017.5842 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Rania M. Khater* ; Wafaa H.A. Abd-Allah | ||
| Department of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Desert Research Center, El-Matareya, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This research was conducted at El-Qantara Sharq Station, North Sinai, Egypt of Desert Research Center during the two successive seasons of 2014 and 2015. The main objective was to study the effect of microelements [Fe, Zn, Mn, Fe+Zn, Fe+Mn, Zn+Mn and Fe+Zn+Mn, at 50 ppm each], on growth, yield and essential oil content of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) plant. Treatment of Fe+Zn+Mn, at 50 ppm each, produced the highest values of plant growth characters, oil content, N, P, K, Fe, Zn and Mn in plant tissues. Also, this treatment increased the concentrations of l-linalool to 52.69% and 1,8 cineole to 25.66%. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| basil; Ocimum basilicum; Fe; Zn; Mn; l-linalool; cineole; iron; zinc; Manganese; Microelements | ||
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