The influence of soil composition on the growth and development of basil plants

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The paper studies the development of basil plants (Ocimum basilicum L.) depending on the composition of the soil mixture when grown using LED radiation in closed conditions. The effect of combinations of Crystalon and Zion fertilizers with sand on plants was studied. It was shown that the use of the complex Crystalon fertilizer leads to the highest values of morphometric parameters of basil plants. The plants grown with its help had values of the mass of the above-ground part of the plants 45 times greater than the control. The use of Zion fertilizer led to an increase in this parameter relative to the control by 11 times. The addition of sand to the mixture contributed to a decrease in the mass of the above-ground part of basil plants grown in a soil mixture with Crystalon by 15%, Zion 37%, and in a soil mixture without additives by 7%. The use of Crystalon fertilizer made it possible to grow basil plants with an above-ground mass of 14 g on the 35th day, which is comparable to the results obtained using soilless methods. This result shows the potential of using Crystalon fertilizer for growing this crop in the soil in a short time, while maintaining all the advantages of this method.

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Yuri N. Kulchin

Institute of Automation and Control Processes of FEB RAS

Author for correspondence.
Email: kulchin@iacp.dvo.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8750-4775

Academician of the RAS, Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics

Russian Federation, Vladivostok

Sergey O. Kozhanov

Institute of Automation and Control Processes of FEB RAS

Email: kozhanov_57@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0001-2629-3521

Junior Researcher

Russian Federation, Vladivostok

Alexander S. Kholin

Institute of Automation and Control Processes of FEB RAS

Email: a_kholin@dvo.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9751-5136

Researcher

Russian Federation, Vladivostok

Evgeny P. Subbotin

Institute of Automation and Control Processes of FEB RAS

Email: s.e.p@list.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8658-3504

Candidate of Physics and Mathematics, Leading Researcher

Russian Federation, Vladivostok

Natalia I. Subbotina

Institute of Automation and Control Processes of FEB RAS

Email: sale789@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0945-3877

Junior Researcher

Russian Federation, Vladivostok

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2. Fig. 1. Basil plants on day 35

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3. Fig. 2. Values of area (a) and number of leaves (b), height (c) and stem diameter (d) of basil plants. Mean values ± standard error of the mean are presented. Letters indicate statistically significant differences between values (p < 0.05)

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4. Fig. 3. Values of crude (a) and dry (b) weight of the above-ground part and crude (c) and dry (d) weight of the roots of basil plants. Mean values ± standard error of the mean are presented. Letters indicate statistically significant differences between values (p < 0.05)

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5. Fig. 4. Values of moisture (a), productivity (b), dry matter (c) and Fv / Fm (d) parameters of basil plants. Mean values ± standard error of the mean are presented. Letters indicate statistically significant differences between values (p < 0.05)

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