Abstract
L. is one of the most important medicinal and vegetable crops due to its essential oil, pleasant aroma and taste. In this study, we evaluated the impact of different light intensities, including 100 %, 50 %, and 30 % of natural sunlight, on the growth, phytochemical compositions, and antioxidant activity of green and purple basil cultivars at two different harvest times: early morning and noon. The height of the plant, number of leaves per plant, length of the petiole, diameter of the stem, and fresh and dry weight of the shoot were all reduced by decreasing light intensity in both basil cultivars. When the plants of both cultivars were grown under full light intensity and were sampled at noon, they showed the highest phenolic and flavonoid contents. The highest antioxidant activity was detected in purple basil cultivars grown under 30 and 50 % of sunlight in both harvests. The green basil cultivar showed the highest antioxidant activity when exposed to 30 % sunlight and harvested in the early morning. The highest essential oil content and yield in both basil cultivars were obtained under full sunlight in the early morning harvests. In summary, light intensity and harvest time influence the phytochemical yield, composition, and growth of two studied basil cultivars. Optimal results, particularly for medicinal purposes, were achieved by morning harvesting to maximize the essential oil yield of basils.
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Claim · model-written summary
Decreasing light intensity reduced basil plant height, leaf number and petiole length.
- Taxon
- basil
Ocimum basilicume1 - Treatment
- decreasing light intensitye1
- Outcome
- height of the plant, number of leaves per plant, length of the petiolee1
- Direction
- reducede1
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Verbatim
e1“The height of the plant, number of leaves per plant, length of the petiole, diameter of the stem, and fresh and dry weight of the shoot were all reduced by decreasing light intensity in both basil cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
Decreasing light intensity reduced basil stem diameter and shoot fresh and dry weight.
- Taxon
- basilOcimum basilicume1
- Treatment
- decreasing light intensitye1
- Outcome
- diameter of the stem, and fresh and dry weight of the shoote1
- Direction
- reducede1
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Verbatim
e1“The height of the plant, number of leaves per plant, length of the petiole, diameter of the stem, and fresh and dry weight of the shoot were all reduced by decreasing light intensity in both basil cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
Basil grown under full light and sampled at noon had the highest phenolic and flavonoid contents.
- Taxon
- basilOcimum basilicume1
- Treatment
- full light intensitye2
- Outcome
- phenolic and flavonoid contentse2
- Direction
- higheste2
- Qualifier
- sampled at noone2
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Verbatim
e1“The height of the plant, number of leaves per plant, length of the petiole, diameter of the stem, and fresh and dry weight of the shoot were all reduced by decreasing light intensity in both basil cultivars”
e2“When the plants of both cultivars were grown under full light intensity and were sampled at noon, they showed the highest phenolic and flavonoid contents”
Claim · model-written summary
Purple basil grown under 30 and 50% sunlight had the highest antioxidant activity in both harvests.
- Taxon
- basilOcimum basilicume1
- Material
- purple basil cultivarse3
- Treatment
- 30 and 50 % of sunlighte3
- Outcome
- antioxidant activitye3
- Direction
- higheste3
- Qualifier
- in both harvestse3
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Verbatim
e1“The height of the plant, number of leaves per plant, length of the petiole, diameter of the stem, and fresh and dry weight of the shoot were all reduced by decreasing light intensity in both basil cultivars”
e3“The highest antioxidant activity was detected in purple basil cultivars grown under 30 and 50 % of sunlight in both harvests”
Claim · model-written summary
Green basil grown under 30% sunlight and harvested in the early morning had the highest antioxidant activity.
- Taxon
- basilOcimum basilicume1
- Material
- green basil cultivare4
- Treatment
- 30 % sunlighte4
- Outcome
- antioxidant activitye4
- Direction
- higheste4
- Qualifier
- harvested in the early morninge4
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Verbatim
e1“The height of the plant, number of leaves per plant, length of the petiole, diameter of the stem, and fresh and dry weight of the shoot were all reduced by decreasing light intensity in both basil cultivars”
e4“The green basil cultivar showed the highest antioxidant activity when exposed to 30 % sunlight and harvested in the early morning”
Claim · model-written summary
Full sunlight with early-morning harvest gave basil the highest essential oil content and yield.
- Taxon
- basilOcimum basilicume1
- Material
- both basil cultivarse5
- Treatment
- full sunlighte5
- Outcome
- essential oil content and yielde5
- Direction
- higheste5
- Qualifier
- in the early morning harvestse5
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Verbatim
e1“The height of the plant, number of leaves per plant, length of the petiole, diameter of the stem, and fresh and dry weight of the shoot were all reduced by decreasing light intensity in both basil cultivars”
e5“The highest essential oil content and yield in both basil cultivars were obtained under full sunlight in the early morning harvests”
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