Effect of irrigation, FYM and storage conditions on seed oil content of European dill (Anethum graveolens L.)
*Vineeta1, Kewalanand2, Vandana3 and Vishwanath4
*Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand 263145 (India) Email: vineetaagron@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
A field and laboratory experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of irrigation and farmyard manure as well as storage conditions on oil content of medicinal plant, dill (Anethum graveolens L.). At field level, treatments viz., 4 levels of irrigation scheduled at 50 (I50), 100 (I100), 150 (I150) and 200 (I200) mm CPE and 3 levels of farmyard manure like 0 (F0), 15 (F15) and 30 (F30) t FYM ha-1 were conducted for two seasons from 2005-06 and 2006-07 in completely randomized blocks with 3 replications and in laboratory, oil was extracted from seeds stored upto 90 days and kept at cloth bag at room temperature, cloth bag in deep fridge, poly bag at room temperature, poly bag in deep fridge. In general, results of the present study revealed that for higher oil content of European dill, crop must be irrigated at 100 mm CPE and fertilized with 15 to 30 t ha-1 FYM and Seeds may be stored in polythene bag at room temperature for two months without loss of oil content.