Effect of biofertilizer and magnesium sulfate on the components of essential oil of Dracocephalum moldavica

doi:10.1016/j.bcab.2020.101671

Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology

Volume 27, August 2020, 101671

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Highlights

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Non-inoculation and inoculation with barvar 2 biofertilizer used, improved essential oil yield of Dracocephalum moldavica.
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0, 2 and 4 g lit⁻¹ of magnesium sulfate used, improved essential oil yield of Dracocephalum moldavica.
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Interaction effect of inoculation with barvar 2 × magnesium sulfate improved growth traits of Dracocephalum moldavica.

Abstract

In order to effect of biofertilizer and magnesium sulfate on the components of essential oil of Dracocephalum moldavica, an experiment was based on randomized complete block design with 6 treatments and 3 replications was performed. The factors consisted of barvar 2 fertilizer and non-inoculation and 3 levels spraying of magnesium sulfate (0, 2 and 4 g l⁻¹). The results showed that barvar 2 biological fertilizer had significant effect on height, leaf length, stem width, aerial biomass yield, leaf yield and stem yield at 5% level. On the traits, number of tillers, stem diameter, branch number and essential oil yield were significant at 1% level. Also, there was no significant effect on leaf length and essential oil percentage. The highest aerial biomass yield was obtained by inoculation with barvar 2 and magnesium sulfate 4 g lit⁻¹ with 6447 kg ha⁻¹ and the lowest aerial biomass yield was obtained without inoculation and control treatment (2318 kg ha⁻¹). The results showed that the highest essential oil yield was obtained by inoculation with barvar 2 (6.780 kg ha⁻¹) and the lowest essential oil yield was obtained with 972.3 kg ha⁻¹ for control treatment. In general, in order to produce more essential oil and to have more dry yield, it seems appropriate to inoculate with barvar 2 fertilizer and magnesium sulfate.

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Material and methods

This experiment was conducted to determine the effect of biological effects of Barvar-2 fertilizer and magnesium sulfate on the yield and composition of essential oil of D. moldavica. in 2017 in the field in Salmas city, Iran, located at latitude 38° 9′N, longitude 49° 49 'East with a height of 1218 m from sea level. According to the region's meteorological data, the average annual precipitation in this region was 290 mm, the average temperature was 11.5 °C, the average relative humidity was

Results and discussion

Regarding the results of analysis of variance (Table 2), the effect of treatments on measured traits of D. moldavica, it seems that Barvar-2 fertilizer on height, leaf length, leaf width, stem yield, leaf yield and aerial biomass yield had significant effect. Significant effects were observed on number of tillers, number of stems, number of branches and essential oil yield. There was no significant effect on internode length and essential oil percentage. Magnesium sulfate had a significant

Conclusion

In conclusions it seems that the use of biological fertilizers in soil alone cannot maximize the yield of essential oil, hence, in order to achieve optimal yield, the combined application of bio-fertilizers with chemical fertilizers seems necessary. Understanding the details of the effect of the combined use of bio-chemical fertilizers and identifying the appropriate levels of mixing these food sources with the aim of increasing their efficiency and improving yield requires further research. In

Declaration of conflict of interest

There have not conflict of interest between of authors.

Acknowledgments

This research was financially supported by the Islamic Azad University of Khoy, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, West Azarbaijan, Khoy, Iran.

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Abstract

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Material and methods

Results and discussion

Conclusion

Declaration of conflict of interest

Acknowledgments

References (19)

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