Rhizospheric Microflora Escalating Aroma Constituents and Yield Attributes in Ocimum tenuiflorum (L.) cv. CIM-Ayu
Table 2
(a) Relation between plant biomass and percentage essential oil in O. tenuiflorum cv. CIM-Ayu. (b) ANOVA table for biomass and percentage essential oil.
(a)
Treatments
Shoot length (cm)
Root length (cm)
Root fresh weight (g)
Leaf yield (g)
Essential oil yield (%)
T1
71.00f
9.67e
5.33f
160.83f
0.56e
T2
78.33e
12.33d
6.67e
178.33e
0.61d
T3
87.67c
13.83bc
8.33c
185.83d
0.67c
T4
78.00e
13.17cd
7.167de
181.50e
0.60d
T5
81.67d
13.33c
7.67d
187.17d
0.67c
T6
85.67c
14.33b
8.67b
196.50c
0.71b
T7
91.67b
14.50ab
9.17ab
203.50b
0.77a
T8
95.67a
15.33a
9.67a
210.00a
0.77a
LSD ()
2.21
0.88
0.59
3.59
0.02
CV%
1.52
3.83
4.32
1.10
1.88
Mean in each column followed by the same letters does not differ significantly () according to Duncan’s multiple range test.
bValues followed by different small letters within columns are significantly different () according to the LSD test.