The Effect Organic Fertilizer on Quantitative and Qualitative Characters of Basil (Ocimum basilicum) in Sistan Region

Subject Areas : Journal of Crop Ecophysiology

Tahmineh Mir Arab ¹ , Esa Piri ² , Abolfazl Tavassoli ³ , Mehdi Babaeiyan ⁴

1 - M.sc. of Agronomy, Zahedan Payam-e-Nour University, Zahedan, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Zahedan Payam-e-Nour University, Zahedan, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Zahedan Payam-e-Nour University, Zahedan, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Higher Education Complex of Shirvan, Shirvan, Iran

Received: 2016-01-02 Accepted : 2016-03-09 Published : 2016-06-21

Keywords: vermicompost, compost, basil, Essence, Farmyard manure,

Abstract :

To evaluation the effect of manure, compost and vormicompost on yield and yield components of basil (Ocimum basilicum), a pot experiment was carried out as completely randomized design with three replications in Zabol, Sistan, in 2013. Bio fertilizer treatments consisted of seven levels: F1= control (no fertilizer), F2= 20% vormicompost, F3= 40% vormicompost, F4= 20% compost, F5= 40% compost, F6= 20% manure and F7= 40% manure. Traits measured were plant high, number of branches, number of seeds per plant, dry weight, essence content and yield. The results showed that the use of bio fertilizer significantly improved the quantity and quality basil characters. Treatments had a significant effect on most of the measured traits and increased all of the traits as compared to thos of control. Thus, with the exceotion of 1000 grain weight, highest amounts were obtained for plant height, number of branches, number of seeds per plant, dry weight, essence content and essence yield by using 40% vormicompost and lowest to those of control treatment. Our results also showed that increasing vermicompost, compost and manure from 20% to 40% increased plant height, number of branches, number of seeds per plant, dry matter and essence percent. Generally, the use of organic fertilizers, as compared with not using them, produced optimum quality and quantity of basil. As a whole, it can be said that using bio fertilizers may help to achieve sustainable agriculture goals.

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