Rhizospheric Microflora Escalating Aroma Constituents and Yield Attributes in Ocimum tenuiflorum (L.) cv. CIM-Ayu

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(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	71.00^f	9.67^e	5.33^f	160.83^f	0.56^e
T2	78.33^e	12.33^d	6.67^e	178.33^e	0.61^d
T3	87.67^c	13.83^bc	8.33^c	185.83^d	0.67^c
T4	78.00^e	13.17^cd	7.167^de	181.50^e	0.60^d
T5	81.67^d	13.33^c	7.67^d	187.17^d	0.67^c
T6	85.67^c	14.33^b	8.67^b	196.50^c	0.71^b
T7	91.67^b	14.50^ab	9.17^ab	203.50^b	0.77^a
T8	95.67^a	15.33^a	9.67^a	210.00^a	0.77^a
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.

(b)


Source of variation	Degree of freedom (df)	Shoot length (cm)	Root length (cm)	Root fresh weight (g)	Leaf yield (g)	Essential oil yield (%)

Treatment	7	1358.96**	63.24**	42.50**	5026.79**	0.09**
Error	16	26.00	4.17	1.83	68.67	0.003
Total	23	1384.96	67.41	44.33	5095.46	0.09

Significance at a level of 5% of probability ().

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Rhizospheric Microflora Escalating Aroma Constituents and Yield Attributes in Ocimum tenuiflorum (L.) cv. CIM-Ayu

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