Claim · model-written summary
Selenium at 4 mg L−1 reduced ethylene production in basil leaves after five days of storage.
- Taxon
- sweet basil
Ocimum basilicume0 - Treatment
- 4 mg Se L−1e4
- Outcome
- ethylene productione4
- Direction
- reductione4
- Qualifier
- after five days of storagee4
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Verbatim
e0“We investigated the effects of selenium addition on the production and quality of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) leaves”
e4“The reduction in ethylene production observed in the plants at 4 mg Se L−1 after five days of storage”
Title
Selenium Enrichment Enhances the Quality and Shelf Life of Basil Leaves
Martina Puccinelli; Beatrice Pezzarossa; Irene Rosellini; et al. Plants 2020. doi:10.3390/plants9060801
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Intervention effect Selenium application at 4, 8 and 12 mg L−1 increased leaf selenium concentration in the first cut of basil compared with the 0 mg L−1 control.
- Intervention effect Selenium application did not increase leaf selenium concentration in the second cut of basil.
- Intervention effect Selenium application significantly affected the antioxidant capacity, total phenol and rosmarinic acid contents of basil at harvest.
- Recommendation The authors suggest that the 4 mg L−1 Se treatment could be used to prolong and enhance the shelf life of basil.