The Assesment Of The Influence Induced By Led-S Irradiation On Basil Sprouts (Ochnurn Basilicum L.)

The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the effect of light treatments using LED-s and sunlight as well as the effect of charcoal use as substratum instead of soil or gauze. In this paper it is assessed the length and weight of basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) sprouts, namely fresh weight of sprouts, cotyledons, hypocotyls and roots and length of roots and hypocotyls. The tests were done under LED light, to be specific, white, red, blue and green, and sunlight. The used substratum was gauze and charcoal. The results showed that when charcoal substratum was used, higher weights of fresh sprouts, hypocotyls, cotyledons and lengths of hypocotyls were achieved from the massive carbon rich environment. When gauze was used as substratum, the only higher values were obtained in the root length, which is not an edible part of the sprout and this proves that charcoal substratum has a beneficial effect on basil sprouts.