Effect
No effect on growth
Increased yield
No effect on produce quality
Bio-algeen treated Sweet basil, var. Kasia, grown in the field had no difference in height (+2.8%), increased number of shoots (+10%), increased dry yield (+27.8%), no difference in essential oil content (-2.2%), no difference in N content (-14.4%), no difference in P content (-16.4%), no difference in K content (-4%), no difference in Mg content (-2.2%), no difference in Ca content (-2.2%) compared to the untreated control plants.
Trial details
outdoor, unprotected, podzolic soil, usual cultivation techniques
Poland
Crop
Basil, Ocimum basilicum L.
Trial application
Method
Foliar spray
Timing
First treatment in the second decade of June, followed by a second treatment in the first decade of July
Rate
1 %; 200 L solution/ha
2010
The response of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) to the application of growth stimulators and forecrops
Acta Agrobotanica
64(2)
69-76
Crop group
