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	71.00^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 (𝑃=0.05)	2.21	0.88	0.59	3.59	0.02
CV%	1.52	3.83	4.32	1.10	1.88

aMean in each column followed by the same letters does not differ significantly (𝑃<0.05) according to Duncan’s multiple range test.
^bValues followed by different small letters within columns are significantly different (𝑃<0.05) 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 (𝑃<0.05).