Characterization of morphological and production traits in basil genotypes from Romania
Basil plants of the genus Ocimum are aromatic plants widely cultivated in tropical and temperate regions.
They are used in traditional medicine in Romania, as culinary and medicinal plants and as a source of flavoring principles.
The essential oils obtained from the aerial parts are rich in volatile organic substances, compounds with high market demand for the food and pharmaceutical industries.
In this study, the variability of the main morphological and production characteristics of 10 Romanian basil genotypes grown in the field was followed, in order to assess the biomass yield performance.
Their morphological determinations showed a high level of variability of the recorded characters.
Thus, 7 of the 10 genotypes had an average height of over 60 cm, which also correlated with the diameter of the bush which was over 45 cm.
Observations on production characters revealed four genotypes with productions of more than 30 t ha‑1 of green biomass and 7 genotypes with productions of more than 5 t ha‑1 of dry biomass, which can serve as genetic sources for the improvement of basil culture.
Dinu, M., Soare, R. and Botu, M. (2025). Characterization of morphological and production traits in basil genotypes from Romania. Acta Hortic. 1416, 223-228
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2025.1416.29
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2025.1416.29
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2025.1416.29
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2025.1416.29
Ocimum basilicum, basil, cultivars, germoplasm resourse
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