Journal of Functional and Environmental Botany
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue: 2

Effect of Different Transplanting Dates on Herb and Oil Yield Content and Uptake of Plant Nutrients in Ocimum basilcum L. (Sweet Basil)

  • Author:
  • Arvind Kumar1, Azahar Sajjad2,, Anoop Kumar3, Nitu Verma4, Zafar Abbas5
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: Nov 1, 2011
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 119 to 121

1Research scholar, Botany Department, G.F. College (M.J.P.Rohilkhand University), Shajahanpur, U.P, India

2Assistant Professor, Botany Department, G.F. College (M.J.P.Rohilkhand University), Shajahanpur, U.P, India

3Research scholar, Botany Department, G.F. College (M.J.P.Rohilkhand University), Shajahanpur, U.P, India

4Research scholar, Botany Department, G.F. College (M.J.P.Rohilkhand University), Shajahanpur, U.P, India

5Associate Professor; Botany Department, G.F. College (M.J.P.Rohilkhand University), Shajahanpur, U.P, India

*E-mail id: azharsajjad@rediffmail.com

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during the spring season (Kharif) of 2008. The treatments of the study consisted of five transplanting dates (March 10, March 25, April 10, April 25 and May 10) in a simple randomised block design with harvesting at complete flowering stage. The results revealed that to get maximum herb and oil yield, sweet basil should be transplanted from fist week of April to first week of May. April 10 was found most profitable with highest nutrient content and uptake. Early transplanting (10–25 March) was not so fruitful.

Keywords

Transplanting dates, Nutrient content, Herb & Oil yield, Sweet basil