Comparative effect of chemical and organic fertilizers on primary metabolite contents of Ocimum bascilicum L. and Majorana hortensis Moench

Savitha M Murthy; Arpana Tejaswini; Reachal K. Uthappa

doi:10.30574/gscbps.2018.5.1.0104

Authors

Savitha M Murthy Department of Botany, Mount Carmel College Autonomous, Bengaluru 560 052, India.
Arpana Tejaswini Department of Botany, Mount Carmel College Autonomous, Bengaluru 560 052, India.
Reachal K. Uthappa Department of Botany, Mount Carmel College Autonomous, Bengaluru 560 052, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30574/gscbps.2018.5.1.0104

Keywords:

Organic fertilizer, Morphology, Chemical fertilizer, Metabolite

Abstract

Organic fertilizers are useful substitutes to inorganic fertilizers which improve the soil quality. In the present work, it was shown that organic fertilizers works better on primary metabolite contents of Ocimum basilicum and Marjorana hortensis than chemical fertilizers. Marjorana plant showed increased primary metabolite content compared to Ocimum plant under the treatment of organic fertilizers, but there was significant difference between the two plants indicating organic fertilizers were better. It concludes in general that applying organic fertilizers to the plants is an ecofriendly technique to improve the yield and quantity of the plants.

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