Peer-Reviewed Article May 31, 2017
EFFECT OF SOME TRACE ELEMENTS ON GROWTH, YIELD AND CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF OCIMUM BASILICUM PLANTS
Are you an author of this work?Link to your sovereign AfriScholar profile
Published in: Egyptian Journal of Desert Research
Publisher: Desert Research Center • Egypt • 1687-8043 • 2356-9875
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%.