Abstract
The current study aimed to investigate the effects of inoculate application with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), Azospirillum brasilense bacteria (AZSB) and Azotobacter chrococcum bacteria (AZBB) individually or in combination with selenium spraying at rates of 0, 25, 50 and 100 ppm, as well as their interaction on vegetative growth, herb yield, chemical composition of leaves, and volatile oil productivity of French basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) plants grown in salinity-affected soil in sandy new reclamation land. A field trial was conducted in two successive seasons (2021 and 2022) at a private farm located at Sanur Village, Biba Bistrict, Beni-Suef Governorate, Egypt. The obtained results indicated that inoculating basil plants with the three microorganisms (AMF, AZSB, and AZBB) or/and spraying selenium at different concentrations significantly enhanced all vegetative growth parameters, herb yield, leaf main pigments and mineral composition, volatile oil content, and volatile oil yield. Also, the companies application of microorganisms and selenium was superior to using each one individually. The highest values of the investigated parameters were found in plants that were inoculated with AMF and sprayed with selenium at 50 or 100 ppm. Whereas there were no significant variations between the two higher selenium concentrations. Consequently, we recommended that inoculating French basil plants with AMF and selenium spraying at 50 ppm in the form of sodium selenite could be an effective method of enhancing the growth, yield, and oil productivity of plants grown in similar conditions.
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Claim · model-written summary
Microbial inoculation or selenium spraying significantly enhanced basil vegetative growth and herb yield.
- Taxon
- basil
Ocimum basilicume0 - Treatment
- inoculating basil plants with the three microorganisms (AMF, AZSB, and AZBB) or/and spraying selenium at different concentrationse0
- Outcome
- vegetative growth parameters, herb yielde0
- Direction
- enhancede0
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e0“inoculating basil plants with the three microorganisms (AMF, AZSB, and AZBB) or/and spraying selenium at different concentrations significantly enhanced all vegetative growth parameters, herb yield”
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Microbial inoculation or selenium spraying significantly enhanced basil leaf pigments and mineral composition.
- Taxon
- basilOcimum basilicume0
- Treatment
- inoculating basil plants with the three microorganisms (AMF, AZSB, and AZBB) or/and spraying selenium at different concentrationse0
- Outcome
- leaf main pigments and mineral compositione0
- Direction
- enhancede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“inoculating basil plants with the three microorganisms (AMF, AZSB, and AZBB) or/and spraying selenium at different concentrations significantly enhanced all vegetative growth parameters, herb yield, leaf main pigments and mineral composition”
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Microbial inoculation or selenium spraying significantly enhanced basil volatile oil content and yield.
- Taxon
- basilOcimum basilicume0
- Treatment
- inoculating basil plants with the three microorganisms (AMF, AZSB, and AZBB) or/and spraying selenium at different concentrationse0
- Outcome
- volatile oil content, and volatile oil yielde0
- Direction
- enhancede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“inoculating basil plants with the three microorganisms (AMF, AZSB, and AZBB) or/and spraying selenium at different concentrations significantly enhanced all vegetative growth parameters, herb yield, leaf main pigments and mineral composition, volatile oil content, and volatile oil yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined microorganism and selenium application outperformed either alone.
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e0“the companies application of microorganisms and selenium was superior to using each one individually”
t0“French basil”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF inoculation with 50 or 100 ppm selenium yielded the highest investigated parameter values.
- Taxon
- French basilt0
- Treatment
- inoculated with AMF and sprayed with selenium at 50 or 100 ppme0
- Outcome
- investigated parameterse0
- Direction
- higheste0
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Verbatim
e0“The highest values of the investigated parameters were found in plants that were inoculated with AMF and sprayed with selenium at 50 or 100 ppm”
t0“French basil”
Claim · model-written summary
The two highest selenium concentrations showed no significant difference.
Verbatim
e0“there were no significant variations between the two higher selenium concentrations”
t0“French basil”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend AMF inoculation with 50 ppm sodium selenite to improve basil growth, yield and oil productivity under similar conditions.
Verbatim
e0“inoculating French basil plants with AMF and selenium spraying at 50 ppm in the form of sodium selenite could be an effective method of enhancing the growth, yield, and oil productivity of plants grown in similar conditions”
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