PJB-2022-252
PERFORMANCE OF SWEET BASIL IN AQUAPONICS AND CONVENTIONAL GROWING SYSTEMS.
waqas habib
Abstract
Sweet basil (Ocimum basillicum) is an important herbal and medicinal culinary plant. Keeping in view its importance, an experiment titled “performance of sweet basil in aquaponics and conventional growing systems†was conducted at the Ornamental Nursery, Department of Horticulture, Agriculture University Peshawar in the year 2021. The experiment was conducted using the Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with split plot arrangement having two factors and four replications. Sweet basil was evaluated in aquaponics and conventional growing systems under different sowing dates (1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th April, and 6th May). Data were recorded on various growth and yield attributes during the experiment. The results showed that maximum values for plant height (81.30 cm), number of branches plant-1 (26.32), number of leaves plant-1 (546.63), leaf fresh weight (68.72 g), leaf dry weight (13.72 g), leaf area (2637.3 cm2), chlorophyll content (26.50 SPAD), stem diameter (9.05 mm), stem fresh weight (18.27 g), stem dry weight (4.63 g) and seed yield (319.96 kg ha-1) were recorded in plants sown on 1st April, while minimum days to flowering (90.67) and lowest production was recorded in plants sown on 6th May. However, the results of April 1st plantation were also at par with those of 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th April. Regarding the growing systems, the conventional growing system performed better than the aquaponics system in terms of all the studied attributes. It is concluded that conventional system and sowing date 1st April performed better in all the studied attributes.
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