PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF MYCORRHIZAE ON GROWTH, CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, OIL YIELD AND ITS COMPONENTS OF OCIMUM BASILICUM (L.) PLANTS GROWING UNDER DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZATION | ||||
| Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development | ||||
| Article 2, Volume 31, Issue 2, July 2017, Page 19-34 PDF (568.1 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Research articles. | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/fjard.2017.191249 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Eglal. M. Z. Harb1; Hanaa S.Y. Mohamed1; M. A. Fahim2; E. A.Salem2; Shaymaa A.A.Badr2 | ||||
| 1Agricultural Botany Department, Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt | ||||
| 2Central Laboratory for Agriculture Climate (CLAC), Agricultural Research Centre, Dokki Giza, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Two pot experiments were carried out at the Central Laboratory for Agriculture Climate (CLAC), Agricultural Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt, during 2012 and 2013 summer seasons. The objective of this work was to study the effect of Mycorrhizae on vegetative growth, oil production and chemical characters of basil plant. Treatments were arranged in complete randomized design (CRD) with three replicates in both seasons. As the NPK level was increased vegetative growth characters (plant height, number of branches, leaf area and leaves number) of basil plant were significantly increased in both seasons. In addition, they significantly increased as a result of the applied mycorrhizae when compared to un-treated plants in both seasons. The highest values for growth characters were obtained when treated with the combination of NPK recommended dose with mycorrhizae. Application of NPK fertilization tended to increase mineral concentration including N, P, K, Ca, Fe, Zn, Mn as well as protein, total carbohydrates and oil yield as well as major ingredients of essential oil of basil plants. Also mycorrhizae treatments tended to increase the same attributes when compare with un-treated plants. Similar trend was obtained for N, P, K, Ca, Fe, Zn, Mn as well as protein and total carbohydrates in both herb and roots of plants. Generally, the maximum herb fresh and dry yield and essential oil yield were obtained with the integrated application of mycorrhizae and recommended dose of NPK. As well as, treatment of inoculated basil plants with mycorrhizae with half dose of NPK was significantly higher than treatment in which plants fertilized only with 100% of NPK. It might be concluded that applying mycorrhizae might improve nutritional status of basil plants leading to higher plant productivity. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| basil plants; mycorrhizae; NPK; chemical fertilization | ||||
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