Abstract
Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) is an important aromatic, medicinal and culinary herb valued for pleasant fragrances and therapeutic properties. It is commonly used in perfumes, cosmetics, aromatherapy, flavoring, and herbal medicines. Vegetative propagation assures maintenance of desirable traits; however, rooting efficiency and initial establishment can be limiting factors. This study, carried out at College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Kerala Agricultural University, evaluated the influence of types of cuttings (terminal vs. semi-hardwood) and bioinoculants (arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), Piriformospora indica, and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria consortium (PGPR Mix 1), on rooting, growth, and yield of sweet basil. A factorial experiment (2 × 3) was conducted using a completely randomized design. Semi-hardwood cuttings produced significantly longer roots and higher root biomass, whereas terminal cuttings developed more branches and yielded more fresh herbage and essential oil. Among the bioinoculants, P. indica significantly enhanced root number, root biomass, plant growth parameters, herbage yield, and essential oil yield, followed by AMF. PGPR Mix 1 exhibited comparatively lower performance. The interaction effects indicated that both the types of cuttings, when treated with P. indica, achieved superior rooting traits, plant growth, and oil yield. These findings suggest that use of either type of cuttings pretreated with bioinoculant P. indica, offers a practical approach for improving propagation efficiency and productivity in O. basilicum.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Semi-hardwood cuttings had longer roots and greater root biomass.
- Taxon
- Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)
Ocimum basilicume2 - Treatment
- Semi-hardwood cuttingse0
- Outcome
- roots and higher root biomasse0
- Direction
- longere0
- Comparator
- terminale1
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Verbatim
e0“Semi-hardwood cuttings produced significantly longer roots and higher root biomass”
e1“terminal vs. semi-hardwood”
e2“Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Terminal cuttings produced more branches, fresh herbage and essential oil.
- Taxon
- Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)Ocimum basilicume2
- Treatment
- terminal cuttingse0
- Outcome
- branches and yielded more fresh herbage and essential oile0
- Direction
- moree0
- Comparator
- semi-hardwoode1
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Verbatim
e0“terminal cuttings developed more branches and yielded more fresh herbage and essential oil”
e1“terminal vs. semi-hardwood”
e2“Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
P. indica significantly improved rooting, growth, herbage yield and oil yield.
- Taxon
- Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)Ocimum basilicume1
- Treatment
- P. indicae0
- Interactor
- P. indicaSerendipita indicae0symbiont
- Outcome
- root number, root biomass, plant growth parameters, herbage yield, and essential oil yielde0
- Direction
- enhancede0
- Comparator
- AMFe0
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Verbatim
e0“P. indica significantly enhanced root number, root biomass, plant growth parameters, herbage yield, and essential oil yield, followed by AMF”
e1“Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
PGPR Mix 1 performed comparatively worse.
- Taxon
- Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)Ocimum basilicume1
- Treatment
- PGPR Mix 1e0
- Interactor
- PGPR Mix 1e0symbiont
- Outcome
- comparatively lower performancee0
- Direction
- lowere0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“PGPR Mix 1 exhibited comparatively lower performance”
e1“Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
P. indica treatment of either cutting type gave superior rooting, growth and oil yield.
- Taxon
- Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)Ocimum basilicume1
- Treatment
- treated with P. indicae0
- Interactor
- P. indicaSerendipita indicae0symbiont
- Outcome
- rooting traits, plant growth, and oil yielde0
- Direction
- superiore0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“both the types of cuttings, when treated with P. indica, achieved superior rooting traits, plant growth, and oil yield”
e1“Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend either cutting type pretreated with P. indica to improve basil propagation and productivity.
- Taxon
- O. basilicumOcimum basilicume0
- Outcome
- use of either type of cuttings pretreated with bioinoculant P. indicae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“use of either type of cuttings pretreated with bioinoculant P. indica, offers a practical approach for improving propagation efficiency and productivity in O. basilicum”
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