Abstract
The potential of three arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) Glomus mosseae, G. fasciculatum and G. intraradicesto enhance the production of essential oil and plant growth parameter was investigated in sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum). The AMF inoculation significantly increased plant height, fresh and dry matter yield, oil content and oil yield as compared to non-inoculated basil plants. Essential oil content in plants inoculated with G. mosseae and G. fasciculatum was significantly higher than other treatments. Shoot fresh weight significantly increased by all three mycorrhiza fungi species, but only inoculation with G. intraradices and G. fasciculatum increased root dry weight. Also oil composition improved with AMF inoculation and linalool and methyl chavicol that enhance the essence quality, increased in inoculated plant compared to control plants. These results demonstrate that AMF concomitantly increase essential oil production and biomass in an herbaceous species rich in commercially valued essential oils. Therefore, AMF potentially represent an alternative way of promoting growth of this important medicinal herb, as natural ways of growing such crops are currently highly sought after in the herbal industry.
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Claim · model-written summary
AMF inoculation significantly increased basil height, biomass, oil content and oil yield relative to uninoculated plants.
- Taxon
- sweet basil
Ocimum basilicume1 - Treatment
- AMF inoculatione0
- Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- plant height, fresh and dry matter yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- non-inoculated basil plantse0
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Verbatim
e0“The AMF inoculation significantly increased plant height, fresh and dry matter yield, oil content and oil yield as compared to non-inoculated basil plants”
e1“sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF inoculation significantly increased basil oil content and yield.
- Taxon
- sweet basilOcimum basilicume1
- Treatment
- AMF inoculatione0
- Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- oil content and oil yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- non-inoculated basil plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The AMF inoculation significantly increased plant height, fresh and dry matter yield, oil content and oil yield as compared to non-inoculated basil plants”
e1“sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
G. mosseae inoculation gave higher oil content than other treatments.
- Taxon
- sweet basilOcimum basilicume1
- Treatment
- inoculated with G. mosseaee0
- Interactor
- G. mosseae
Funneliformis mosseaee0symbiont - Outcome
- Essential oil contente0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Essential oil content in plants inoculated with G. mosseae and G. fasciculatum was significantly higher than other treatments”
e1“sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
G. fasciculatum inoculation gave higher oil content than other treatments.
- Taxon
- sweet basilOcimum basilicume1
- Treatment
- G. fasciculatume0
- Interactor
- G. fasciculatumRhizophagus fasciculatuse0symbiont
- Outcome
- Essential oil contente0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Essential oil content in plants inoculated with G. mosseae and G. fasciculatum was significantly higher than other treatments”
e1“sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
All three mycorrhizal fungi increased shoot fresh weight.
- Taxon
- sweet basilOcimum basilicume1
- Treatment
- all three mycorrhiza fungi speciese0
- Interactor
- mycorrhiza fungi speciese0symbiont
- Outcome
- Shoot fresh weighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Shoot fresh weight significantly increased by all three mycorrhiza fungi species”
e1“sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)”
e2“Glomus mosseae, G. fasciculatum and G. intraradicesto”
Claim · model-written summary
G. intraradices inoculation increased root dry weight.
- Taxon
- sweet basilOcimum basilicume1
- Treatment
- inoculation with G. intraradicese0
- Interactor
- G. intraradicesRhizophagus intraradicese0symbiont
- Outcome
- root dry weighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“only inoculation with G. intraradices and G. fasciculatum increased root dry weight”
e1“sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
G. fasciculatum inoculation increased root dry weight.
- Taxon
- sweet basilOcimum basilicume1
- Treatment
- G. fasciculatume0
- Interactor
- G. fasciculatumRhizophagus fasciculatuse0symbiont
- Outcome
- root dry weighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“only inoculation with G. intraradices and G. fasciculatum increased root dry weight”
e1“sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF inoculation improved oil composition and raised linalool and methyl chavicol versus controls.
- Taxon
- sweet basilOcimum basilicume1
- Treatment
- AMF inoculatione0
- Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- oil compositione0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Comparator
- control plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“oil composition improved with AMF inoculation and linalool and methyl chavicol that enhance the essence quality, increased in inoculated plant compared to control plants”
e1“sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF inoculation increased linalool and methyl chavicol in basil oil.
- Taxon
- sweet basilOcimum basilicume1
- Treatment
- AMF inoculatione2
- Interactor
- AMFe2symbiont
- Outcome
- linalool and methyl chavicole0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- control plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“linalool and methyl chavicol that enhance the essence quality, increased in inoculated plant compared to control plants”
e1“sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)”
e2“The AMF inoculation significantly”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors propose AMF as a natural means to promote basil growth.
- Taxon
- sweet basilOcimum basilicume1
- Outcome
- alternative way of promoting growthe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“AMF potentially represent an alternative way of promoting growth of this important medicinal herb”
e1“sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)”
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