Advances in Crop Science and Technology
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Performance of Ethiopian Sweet Basil (Ocimum bacilicum L) Genotypes for Agronomic and Chemical Traits in Ethiopia

Received Date: Oct 15, 2019 / Published Date: Aug 31, 2022

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The study was conducted to determine the herbal and essential oil yields of Ethiopian sweet basil germplasms and to recommend superior varieties. The experiment was consisted six promising genotypes and evaluated in three locations by using randomized complete block design.  Data on Agronomic and Chemical Traits was recorded and statistically analyzed by analysis of variance using SAS PROC GLM at P<0.05. Differences between means separated using the least significance difference test at P<0.05. The overall mean performance of six genotypes of Ethiopian sweet basil was statistically significantly affected by genotype, location and year except canopy of the plant. The result indicates that, all the traits were influenced by environment except leaf to stem ratio. The interaction of location and treatment had a highly significant influence on all parameters except fresh stem weight and essential oil content. Therefore; out of the six evaluated accessions, 05 KAM, were verified and released by the breeder Variety designation name of WG-Sweet basil-V for its essential oil production and 02WOL were verified and released by the breeder Variety designation name of WG-Sweet basil-II for its herbal yield production.

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