RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Růžičková, Gabriela
A1 Kocourková, Blanka
A1 Sedláková, Jitka
A1 Hajšlová, Jana
T1 The effect of the desiccants treatment on the fennel quality (Foeniculum vulgare var. vulgare Mill.)
JF Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis
YR 2014
VO 53
IS 5
SP 143
OP 150
DO 10.11118/actaun200553050143
UL https://acta.mendelu.cz/artkey/acu-200505-0016.php
AB Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. vulgare Mill.) is an perennial herb, it is cultivated for the essential oil in the fruits. The quality criteria are essential oil content, microbiological contamination and residua of pesticides. The important part of the cultivation technology is ununiform maturity of the fruits. The aim of this work was to find out the influence of the desiccants on quality and yield characteristics of fennel fruits produced in field conditions in the first years of growing. Three preparations were applied: glufosinate-NH4, 150 g.l<sup>-1</sup> (2 l.ha<sup>-1</sup>), diquat dibromide, 200 g.l<sup>-1</sup> (3 l.ha<sup>-1</sup>) and glyphosate-IPA, 480 g.l<sup>-1</sup> (3 l.ha<sup>-1</sup>) in three repetitions. The non treated control variant was also repetited three times. The samples were analysed for quantitative and qualitative parameters: the fruit yield (t.ha<sup>-1</sup>), the essential oil content (%, V/m), the essential oil yield (kg.ha<sup>-1</sup>), the essential oil composition and the residua content.