PRODUCTIVITY OF DILL ( ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS L.) AS INFLUENCED BY DIFFERENT ORGANIC MANURE RATES AND SOURCES

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Cultivation and Production of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.

2 Soils & Water Use Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

Dill ( Anethum graveolens L.) plants were cultivated during two successive
seasons (2002/2003 and 2003/2004). The experimental were conducting at the
Experimental Farm, National Research Center (NRC), Egypt, to study the effect of
different combination of organic fertilizers such as chicken and sheep manure and its
rates on dill ( Anethum graveolens L.) plants. The obtained results indicated that,
treated plants with different combination of organic fertilizers and its rates resulted
in a significant increase in growth and yield characters , i.e. plant height, branch
number, leaf number, umbel number, fresh weight, dry weight and fruit yield / plant
in comparison with control plants. Chemical composition analysis of treated plants
showed an increase in the essential oil percentage and main components (Carvone
(R) and Limonene) of essential oil extracted from dill (Anethum graveolens L.)
fruits. Treated plants showed a decreases in the heavy metals content in the plant
tissues comparison to untreated plants. Also these results indicated that the
application of organic manure reduced the harmful effects of hazardous heavy
metals

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Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Volume 13, Issue 3
September 2005
Pages 901-913

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