A high yielding Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)variety, Ajmer Fennel-2 (AF-2) for better resistance, and quality with higher essential oil content to grow in India
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Fennel is medicinally and economically important crop of India.Thiscrop is the rich source of antioxidants and used in many medicines tocure diseases. In spite of already available varieties there is a needfor development of high yielding, Ramularia blight tolerant varietywith higher essential oil content. A high yielding, Ramularia blighttolerant variety,AF-2 (Ajmer Fennel-2) has been released andnotified by the CVRC (Notified vide S.O.216 (E)16.01.2018) forcommercial cultivation under timely sown, recommended POP for allfennel growing areas of India. AF-2 has an average yield of 17.9 q hawhich is 10.62% and 12.94% higher as compared to national checks,RF-205 and RF-101, respectively. AF-2 is moderately resistant toRamularia blight disease and its seed contains 1.9% essential oilwhich was 18.5 % and 11.7 % higher than RF-205 and RF-101,respectively. Fertilizer requirement was 5-10 t ha FYM and 90 kg N2and 40 kg P 0 & 30 kg K 0 ha . The variety will contribute to an increasefennel production and will alleviate the socio-economic status of itsfarmers.
Institution: National Research Centre on Seed Spices
Language: English
Topic: Genetics and Plant Breeding
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4404616045