Claim · model-written summary
Ocimum basilium extract at 300g/l promoted higher cocoyam sprouting.
- Taxon
- Colocasia esculenta (L) Schott
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Colocasia esculentat0 - Treatment
- O. basilium L.e0
- Outcome
- sproutinge0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 300g/le0
- Comparator
- all other extractse0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“O. basilium L. at both 150g/I and 300g/I significantly reduced fresh weight loss and rotting of corms in both varieties compared to all other extracts and also promoted higher sprouting in both varieties at 300g/l.”
t0“Colocasia esculenta (L) Schott”
Title
The Efficacy Of Botanical Protectants In The Storage Of Cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta (L) Schott)
CC Onyeke; KI Ugwuoke; NGR Tsopmbeng Agro-Science 2008. doi:10.4314/as.v7i2.1530
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Ocimum basilium extract reduced cocoyam corm weight loss and rot versus water control.
- Intervention effect Vernonia amygdalina extract reduced cocoyam corm weight loss and rot versus water control.
- Intervention effect Azadirachta indica extract reduced cocoyam corm weight loss and rot versus water control.
- Intervention effect Carica papaya extract reduced cocoyam corm weight loss and rot versus water control.
- Intervention effect Ocimum basilium extract significantly reduced corm weight loss and rot versus other extracts.
- Observation Ede ofe cocoyam had less corm weight loss, rot and sprouting than Ugwuta.