Improvement of the Productivity and Quality of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants for Export
Prof.Dr.Ahmed saied Ass.Prof Yaser Ghatas Ass.Prof Yousry soudy Dr wael Toiema
This study was carried out in 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 seasons, at Baloza Agricultural Experimental Station, Desert Research Center, Baloza Region, North Sinai, Egypt. The study aims to evaluate the effect of bio-fertilizers (Azotobacter chroococcum, Bacillus megaterium var. phosphaticum and Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and chemical fertilization (NPK) on vegetative growth measurements (plant height, branches number/plant, herb fresh weight/plant and herb dry weight/plant); yield parameters (umbels number/plant, 1000-seed weight, seed yield per plant and seed yield per fed.); oil parameters (oil %, oil yield/plant, oil yield/feddan and oil constituents), chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, carotenoids, total chlorophyll and chemical constituents of herb (NPK percentage plus total carbohydrates percentage) of Dutch fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill. spp. vulgare) and caraway (Carum carvi L.) plants. Treatments were five levels of fertilization (full recommended dose of NPK only, 75, 50, 25% of the recommended NPK dose plus bio-fertilizers and bio-fertilizers only). The experiment was arranged in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replicates. The results indicate that treatment with T2 (75% of the NPK recommended dose plus bio-fertilizers) increased vegetative growth measurements (plant height, branches number/plant, plant fresh and dry weights), yield parameters (umbeles number/plant, 1000-seed weight, seed yield per plant, and seed yield/feddan) and the oil characters (oil %, oil yield/plant and oil yield/fed.) compared to other treatments. Meanwhile, fertilizing with T5 (bio-fertilizers only) led to the lowest values compared with the other treatments in the two experimental seasons. The main chemical constituents in Dutch fennel essential oil were anethole, estragole, fenchone and limonene, while, the main chemical constituents of caraway essential oil in seeds were carvone and limonene.
Fennel - Caraway - Bio-fertilizers - Chemical fertilizers - Azotobacter chroococcum - Bacillus megaterium var. phosphaticum – Active dry yeast.
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