Abstract
BACKGROUND: In recent years, hydroponically cultivated basil has gained extensive popularity over soil-based cultivation. Evidence for potential differences between both cultivation methods, in terms of resistance to biotic and abiotic stress factors, storage properties and shelf-life, is still lacking and the potential effect of cultivation method on the antioxidant capacity has not yet been fully explored. This study aimed to determine which of the two basil cultivation methods produces plants that are more resilient to downy mildew and external heat treatment and that exhibit better storage and shelf-life performance. RESULTS: Hydroponically grown basil was significantly more affected by browning than the soil-grown basil at the end of the storage and end of the shelf-life period. Under both cultivation methods, the extent of browning increased significantly between the end of the storage and end of the shelf-life period, by a factor of 1.4. Moreover, hydroponically grown plants were significantly more sensitive to heat treatment than soil-grown basil. However, the soil-grown basil exhibited significantly greater susceptibility to downy mildew than the hydroponically grown basil. At harvest, and at the end of the storage period, the antioxidant capacity of hydroponically cultivated basil was significantly greater than that of soil-grown basil. CONCLUSIONS: Hydroponically cultivated basil exhibited greater resistance to downy mildew, but less resilience to heat and browning during storage and a shelf-life period, resulting in poorer storage and shelf-life performance as compared to soil-cultivated basil. The greater total antioxidant capacity of the hydroponically cultivated basil seems to be the major cause for the observed phenomena. © 2023 The Authors. Journal of The Science of Food and Agriculture published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
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Claim · model-written summary
Hydroponic basil had more browning than soil grown basil after storage and shelf life.
- Taxon
- sweet basil
Ocimum basilicumt0 - Treatment
- Hydroponically growne0
- Outcome
- browninge0
- Direction
- more affectede0
- Comparator
- soil-grown basile0
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t0“sweet basil”
e0“Hydroponically grown basil was significantly more affected by browning than the soil-grown basil at the end of the storage and end of the shelf-life period”
Claim · model-written summary
Browning rose 1.4 fold between storage and shelf life under both cultivation methods.
- Taxon
- sweet basilOcimum basilicumt0
- Treatment
- both cultivation methodse0
- Outcome
- browninge0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 1.4e0
- Comparator
- end of the storagee0
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t0“sweet basil”
e0“Under both cultivation methods, the extent of browning increased significantly between the end of the storage and end of the shelf-life period, by a factor of 1.4”
Claim · model-written summary
Hydroponic basil was more heat sensitive than soil grown basil.
- Taxon
- sweet basilOcimum basilicumt0
- Treatment
- heat treatmente0
- Outcome
- sensitive to heat treatmente0
- Direction
- more sensitivee0
- Comparator
- soil-grown basile0
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t0“sweet basil”
e0“hydroponically grown plants were significantly more sensitive to heat treatment than soil-grown basil”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil grown basil was more susceptible to downy mildew than hydroponic basil.
- Taxon
- sweet basilOcimum basilicumt0
- Treatment
- soil-grown basile0
- Outcome
- susceptibility to downy mildewe0
- Direction
- greater susceptibilitye0
- Comparator
- hydroponically grown basile0
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t0“sweet basil”
e0“soil-grown basil exhibited significantly greater susceptibility to downy mildew than the hydroponically grown basil”
Claim · model-written summary
Hydroponic basil had greater antioxidant capacity at harvest than soil grown basil.
- Taxon
- sweet basilOcimum basilicumt0
- Treatment
- hydroponically cultivated basile0
- Outcome
- antioxidant capacitye0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Qualifier
- At harveste0
- Comparator
- soil-grown basile0
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t0“sweet basil”
e0“At harvest, and at the end of the storage period, the antioxidant capacity of hydroponically cultivated basil was significantly greater than that of soil-grown basil”
Claim · model-written summary
Hydroponic basil had greater antioxidant capacity at the end of storage than soil grown basil.
- Taxon
- sweet basilOcimum basilicumt0
- Treatment
- hydroponically cultivated basile0
- Outcome
- antioxidant capacitye0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Qualifier
- end of the storage periode0
- Comparator
- soil-grown basile0
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t0“sweet basil”
e0“At harvest, and at the end of the storage period, the antioxidant capacity of hydroponically cultivated basil was significantly greater than that of soil-grown basil”
Claim · model-written summary
Authors proposed that greater antioxidant capacity of hydroponic basil caused the observed outcomes.
- Taxon
- sweet basilOcimum basilicumt0
- Outcome
- observed phenomenae0
- Qualifier
- greater total antioxidant capacitye0
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t0“sweet basil”
e0“The greater total antioxidant capacity of the hydroponically cultivated basil seems to be the major cause for the observed phenomena”
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