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KMID : 0903619930340060402
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Journal of the Korean Society for Horticultural Science
1993 Volume.34 No. 6 p.402 ~ p.411
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Growth and Oil Content in Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) as Affected by Different Hydroponic Systems
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Abstract
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This study was conducted to know the growth responses and essential oil contents of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) as influenced by different hydroponic systems. Hydroponic systems such as aeroponics, NFT (nutrient film technique). DFT (deep flow technique) and CRH (carbonized rice hull) were employed in this experiment.
Hydroponically grown sweet basil showed better growth in summer than in spring season regardless of growing used systems. The most suitable hydroponic system for sweet basil was aeroponics in spring and was CRH in summer season. The most sensitive growth parameter as influenced by the hydroponic systems were leaf area and total dry weight. In spring, the difference in growth amount of sweet basil as influenced by the 4 hydroponic systems was greater than in summer season than that of spring season. Oil contents were higher in the sweet basil plants grown in both NFT and DFT system. but total oil content per plant was highest in the NFT system when grown in summer.
These results suggested that mass production of essential oil from sweet basil can be obtained by employing the hydroponic systems, but further trials should be followed to find out the optimum environmental conditions by the system used for the growth and the content of essential oil.
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