Authors:
Willame dos Santos Candido
, Maria de Fatima Barbosa Coelho
, Sandra Sely Silveira Maia
,Francisco Nildo da Silva
, Ricardo Carlos Pereira da Silva
and Ana Claudia da Silva |
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of substrate composition in the production of
purple basil seedlings. They used seven treatments and four replications of ten plants. The
treatments were arisco; sand; mixture of sand and manure (2:1); mixture of arisco and cattle
manure (2:1); mixture of manure and sand (2:1); mixture of cattle manure and arisco (2:1); sand
mixture, arisco and manure (1:1:1). The characteristics evaluated were stem diameter, number of
leaves, plant height, the longest root length, dry weight of shoot and root. The arisco and sand
were the worst substrates. In other substrates diameter of plants ranged from 2.56 to 2.80, the
height from 13.02 to 16.48 and the number of leaves from 11.28 to 16.44. Seedlings with higher
quality can be obtained with arisco substrate, sand and manure in the ratio (1:1:1). |
