Nitrogen Fertilization in Two Varieties of Basil

Rafael Massahiro Yassue,Márcia De Moraes Echer,Marcelo Augusto Pastório,Diandra Achre,Sílvio Douglas Ferreira,Carlos Alberto Dettmer

doi:10.5539/jas.v10n7p403

Abstract

The cultivation of basil is worth mentioning, because it is a very promising crop. The aim of this study was to evaluate the development of the Basil cultivation, cultivar Tuscan lettuce leaf and Alfavaca red basilican, submitted to different doses of nitrogen. The first factor was composed of six nitrogen doses and one control (0, 40, 80, 120, 160, 200, 240 kg ha-1 of nitrogen), and the Second was composed of two cultivars (Alfavaca red basilican and Tuscan lettuce leaf) with four replicates. The basil Alfavaca red basilican cultivar overcame the cultivar Tuscan lettuce leaf in the plant height and diameter of the stem. In the leaf and shoot dry matter variables, the doses that resulted in the greatest increase of dry matter were 128 and 125.62 kg ha-1 of nitrogen for the cultivar Tuscan of lettuce leaf. Both Alfavaca red basilican and Tuscan lettuce leaf were influenced by nitrogen fertilization and the dose of 120 kg ha-1 of nitrogen has the highest potential in the developmental parameters.

Highlights

From India, with wide application and use, ranging from cooking to alternative medicine, the Basil (Ocimum basilicum) deserves a prominent role among the numerous medicinal and flavor plants, for being cultivated in several regions around the world (Özcan & Chalchat, 2002)
The use of nitrogen provides an increase in the productivity of several crops, such as annual crops, winter crops, vegetables and other crops. (Pepke, Cruz, Silva, Figueiredo, & Bicudo, 2013; Pietro-Souza, Bonfim-Silva, Schlichting, & Silva, 2013; Gomes, Silva, Gusmão, & Souza, 2012; Porto et al, 2012)
The first factor consisted of six nitrogen doses and a control (0; 40; 80; 120; 160; 200; 240 of nitrogen); the second was composed of two cultivars (Alfavaca red basilican and Tuscan lettuce leaf), with four replicates

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Introduction

From India, with wide application and use, ranging from cooking to alternative medicine, the Basil (Ocimum basilicum) deserves a prominent role among the numerous medicinal and flavor plants, for being cultivated in several regions around the world (Özcan & Chalchat, 2002). As a plant, it can be considered an annual (Saha, Monroe, & Day, 2016) or perennial crop, depending on the region, the place of cultivation and/or management used. Production may be compromised due to lack of information about nitrogen fertilizer

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