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The 7th International Mediterranean Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, İzmir, Turkey, 18 - 20 November 2021, vol.1, no.1, pp.234-243
Sweet basil, belonging to the
Lamiacea family, is of economic importance culinary aromatic herbs and is
cultivated throughout the world, and its aromatic leaves are used fresh or
dried as a flavoring for foods, confectionery products and beverages. The study
assessed possible effects of NP (100 kg ha-1 N and 100 kg ha-1
P) and P fertilizer (100 kg ha-1) mineral fertilizer, two commercial
liquid bio-fertilizer and inoculation with multi-traits bacteria based three
consortium in three strains combinations (Pseudomonas fluorescens RC512
+ Bacillus licheniformis RC601 + Bacillus subtilis RC210, Bacillus
megaterium RC16 + RC512 + RC210, and RC512 + RC601 + RC16)
on the growth, yield, and oil content in various sweet basil (Ispir, Yusufeli and Kayseri) populations in field
conditions of Çanakkale. The experiment was arranged as a completely randomized
block design with eight treatments and three replicates. The biofertilizers and
bacterial consortia inoculation involved dipping the root system of the
seedling into a suspension of each formulations for 60 min, prior to planting. Inoculations of basil with RC512+RC601+RC210,
RC512+RC210+RC16, and RC512+RC601+RC16, BMusaGreen, and
BMusaVita and gave increases over
control respectively of by 16.9, 19.1, 22.9, 18.1, and 20.7 % in plant height,
by 14.1, 20.4, 24.9, 25.3, and 25.9 % in branch number per plant, by 7.2, 13.3,
16.4, 13.5, and 14.0% in fresh herba yield per plants, by 9.6, 18.1, 24.7,
17.9, and 19.5 % in dried leave yield per plants and by 15.3, 18.5, 17.7, 20.2,
and 18.1 and 2.6 % in essential oil
ratio. NP and P applications, however, increased height of plant up to 22.9 and
13.1%, branch number per plant by 24.8 and 6.0 %, fresh herba yield of plants
by 18.4 and 4.0 %, yield of dry leaves by 22.1 and 4.4 % and essential oil
ratio by 18.1 and 2.5%, respectively.