the main objective of this study was to determine the effects of plant growth promoter bacteria on biomass and yield of basil. the experiment was carried out as randomized complete blocks design with eight treatments and three replications at research field of agriculture company of ran in firouzkuh of iran in 2012 . the treatments were [1] azotobacter chroococcum (a), [2] azospirillum lipoferu...

use of the growth indices is a method to assessment of intercropping efficiency. in order to evaluation growth indices of soybean, sweet basil and borage in intercropping with different ratios, an experiment base on randomized complete block design was conducted with 9 treatments and 3 replications at north khorasan in 2011. treatments were consisted of the plants pure culture, replacement seri...

Twenty-two local Thai culinary herbs and spices normally used for cooking were screened for their antioxidant properties by using FRAP, DPPH and TBARS assays. Four ethanolic extracts, i.e., holy basil, Vietnamese coriander, turmeric and green peppercorn, having high antioxidant properties were selected for freeze-drying and used in the pork meatball batter. The batter of pork meatball was prepa...

BACKGROUND Farmers' markets have been growing in popularity in the United States, but the microbial quality and safety of the food sold at these markets is currently unknown. The purpose of this study was to assess the microbial safety and quality of fresh basil, parsley and cilantro sold at farmers' markets in the Los Angeles, Orange County and greater Seattle areas. RESULTS A total of 133 s...

Narrow-bandwidth light treatments may be used to manipulate plant growth, development and metabolism. In this report LED-based light treatments were used to affect yield and metabolic content of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L. cv "Ceasar") grown in controlled environments. This culinary herb produces an aroma highly appreciated by consumers, primarily composed of terpenes/terpenoids, phenylpro...

Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) is an aromatic herb that has been used traditionally as a diverse medicinally herb for curing various diseases including common cold, headache, malaria, heart disease, stomach and kidney disorders. Its essential oil (EO) is used in the manufacturing of cosmetic and pharmaceutical products as well as aroma therapy. Keeping the medicinal as well as economical imp...

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