STUDY ON THE BEHAVIOR OF SOME CARAWAY (Carum carvi) ORIGINS IN THE HILLY AREA OF BANAT

Abstract

This paper presents the results obtained for two origins of caraway, a local one - Of Sasca - and a Serbian one - of Vrsac. There has been investigated the influence of fertilization and of the distance between rows on yield, essential oil content and on the degree of mildew attack.

The average results for the studied factors reveal that the harvest was 13% higher for the origin of Vrsac, in which the volatile oil content was of 5.25%, as compared to  4.32% registered for the origin of Sasca. An increase in the dose of nitrogen from N40 to N60 applied on a base of P40K40 increased the yield by 11%, but reduced the volatile oil content and increased the susceptibility to mildew. The distance between rows of 50 cm increased yield and volatile oil content.