Effect of superabsorbent on soil moisture, productivity and some physiological and biochemical characteristics of basil
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2021
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Agronomy Research
Abstract
The study was carried out in 2019–2020, in the conditions of the Right-Bank
Forest-Steppe of Ukraine. The results on the influence of absorbents in gel and powder forms on
the productivity of basil plants (Ocimum basilicum L.) are presented. For research were used
field, laboratory, statistical and calculation-analytical methods. Absorbent in the form of a gel
was used while transplanting: dip the roots of the plant in the solution and then transplant in the
field. Absorbent in the form of a powder - 5 kg ha-1, application of the absorbent into the soil
layer 20–25 cm-1. Absorbents contributed to a slight decrease of sugar content (-0.86–2.68% in
the cultivar of Badioryi, -1.48–2.35% in the cultivar of Rutan), significantly decrease ascorbic
acid (-8.6–20.1%) and content of the essential oil (8.0–19.4%) and indirectly increased essential
oil yield by increasing fresh weight yield in both varieties.
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antioxidant activity, Ocimum basilicum, chlorophyll, yield
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Havrilyuk M., Fedorenko V., Ulianych O., Kucher I., Yatsenko V., Vorobiova N. and Lazariev O. (2021). Effect of superabsorbent on soil moisture, productivity and some physiological and biochemical characteristics of basil. Agronomy Research 19(2), 394–407, 2021.