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- Title
Physiological and metabolic alterations in basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) varieties under distinct soil water levels.
- Authors
Santos Castro, Larissa; Villegas Hurtado, Daniel Andrés; Aparecida Silva, Adriene; Costa Nobre, Danúbia Aparecida; Humberto Silva, Geraldo; Rodrigues Macedo, Willian
- Abstract
Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) is a medicinal species used in several areas, such as food, medicines and cosmetics, and the understanding of its physiological behavior under environmental conditions is of paramount importance for the improvement of cultivation methods. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of different water availability under physiological, biochemical and metabolic characteristics, in three distinct genotypes: 'Alfavaca basilicão', 'Gennaro de menta' and 'Grecco à palla', during two different phenological stages (vegetative and reproductive). It was found that the water deficit promotes physiological changes to tolerate water stress, and the studied genotypes have different routes to achieve this physiological tolerance, which culminates in a distinct accumulation of metabolites in plants, and can be considered interesting if the final product is the production of essential oils.
- Subjects
BASIL; WATER levels; SOIL moisture; ESSENTIAL oils; PLANT metabolism; MEDICINAL plants; PLANT-water relationships; BIOAVAILABILITY; PLANT metabolites
- Publication
Boletín Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Plantas Medicinales y Aromáticas, 2022, Vol 21, Issue 1, p94
- ISSN
0717-7917
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.37360/blacpma.22.21.1.06