Influence of Biological Plant Care Products on the Growth and Qualitative Characteristics of Sweet Basil

Abstract

Investigation has been carried out in 2014-2015 at Vytautas Magnus University Botanical garden. It has been determined that, the sweet basil in both 2014 (80.1 cm) and 2015 (80.8 cm) grew most when biological plant care products Canelys, Ekoflavon and Ekoflavon + Oleorgan were applied. In 2014, the most significant absolute dry matter content (92.20%) was accumulated using the Oleorgan product, and in 2015, significantly the highest dry matter content (90.19%) has been accumulated using Ecoflavon + Canelys. The most significant (11.64%) crude fibre content in 2014 has been obtained under Canelys product application, while in 2015, significantly the highest result (14.26%) has been collected by the control variant. Significantly the highest quantity of crude ash (19.44%) in 2014 has been determined when the plants were treated with Canelys bio-product, however in 2015, the best result (21.86%) has been obtained after the use of the Oleorgan bio-based product. The most significant (20.07%) crude protein content in 2014 has been accumulated when the plants were treated with Ekoflavon. Therefore, in 2015 significantly the highest (16.68%) crude protein content was found in the Ekoflavon + Canelys variant, still the result did not differ significantly from the variant where only Ecoflavon product was used. The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of some biological products application on the growth and qualitative characteristics of sweet basil.