Practical class experience report: Use of soybean phytohormone in herb germination – Basil

Basil is a medicinal herb that has been cultivated since ancient times. It also has medicinal, antibacterial, antioxidant, and antispasmodic properties. It is good for the digestive system, insect bites, and bad breath. It is also very useful in the food industry. Oilseed phytohormones are essential compounds (hormones) that regulate plant growth and development. The main phytohormones include auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, abscisic acid, and ethylene, each of which plays a specific role. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the germination of basil using different doses of soybean phytohormones. 400 mL of distilled water was placed in a blender with 100 g of soybeans and blended for approximately 5 minutes. The mixture was then filtered through a strainer and the mass was separated from the liquid. The liquid was then filtered again using paper to better separate the liquid from the substrate. From there, the treatments were separated into T1 - 3 mL, T2 - 6 mL and T3 - 9 mL of liquid per substrate bag, where Carolina Soil® substrate with stones was placed in the bag. After waiting 10 minutes, the basil was sown, with 3 seeds per bag, for later thinning. These bags were taken to the nursery for evaluation in 15 days, the experiment was applied in triplicate and later the Tukey test was applied at 5% probability. It was observed that treatment 1 (3 mL) presented a better response when applied to the soil to increase the speed of basil germination in relation to the other two treatments (6 mL and 9 mL). This can be reinforced, as it is understood that the minimum use of fertilizer and hormone in the soil is the maximum production.