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EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCHES REGARDING THE INFLUENCE OF SEEDLING AGE, PLANTING TIMES AND CULTURE DENSITY ON BASIL PRODUCTION


PETRE MARIAN BREZEANU 1, CREOLA BREZEANU 1, SILVICA AMBARUS 1, GENG SANSHENG 2, DIANA BARBU 3
1. Vegetable Research and Development Station, Calea Barladului, Street, no. 220, Bacau, Romania
e-mail:creola.brezeanu@yahoo.com;
e-mail:brezeanumarian@yahoo.com;
e-mail:silvia_ambarus@yahoo.com
2. National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing RP China, e-mail: gengsansheng@nercv.org
3. Farmacia Naturii - Bacau, Romania e-mail: farmacia_naturii@yahoo.com

Issue:

SCSB, Number 1, Volume XX

Section:

Volume 20, No. 1 - Vegetal Biology

Abstract:

Basil leaves are rich in essential oils (0,1 – 0,4%). The obtained oil from basil leaves is rich in estragol and linalool. Estragol is a phenyl derivate and linalool is an aliphatic alcohol. The basil oil may also contain aliphatic hydrocarbons, cyclic and other phenol derivates. The basil herb also contains therpeniodes, sapooninses and 5% tanate materials.

The leaves contain: carotene, vitamin C, routine, fithocinides and minerals. The upper leaves from young shoots have a pleasant flavor of pepper, mint and lemon and are used fresh or dried to flavor meat and fish, sauce, salads juices and canned vegetables. Basil also serves to obtain alimentary syrup and some refreshments. It is used in perfume industry, cosmetics and cafeteria.

In organic culture, the best results were obtained when we planted seedling of 40 days age and the density was 100.000 plants/ha.

Keywords:

variance analyses, productivity, organic.

Code [ID]:

SCSB20112001V20S01A0005 [0003682]


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