Uses

ID 1,455
Crop ID Holy Basil
Part Extract (oil)
Use Category Environmental
Notes The leaf extract is effective as a mosquito repellent and in checking the spread of the fungal pathogens Pyricularia oryzae and Rhizoctonia solani, which cause blast disease and sheath blight disease of rice, with antibacterial activity and deterrent effects against the larvae of root knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita).
Metadata ID 8,456