Relationship Between Essential Oil Content, Fruit Yield and Yield Component in Foeniculum vulgare Mill.

Foeniculum vulgare Mill. naturally spread in Turkey flora, and it’s also cultivated. Its cultivation is widely carried out Burdur Denizli region. Especially, it used as a milk enhancer when drunk tea for breastfeeding mothers carminative relaxing babies. The aim of the study was to determine relationship between yield quality characteristics F. L. cultivated Turkey. For this purpose, correlation analysis path were applied essential oil content (EOC)and fruit yield. EOC significantly positively associated with number umbellet (0.684 **), (0.589 *), Thousand Fruit Weight (TFW) (0.563 *) plant height (0.530 *). highest positive obtained among biological (r= 0.929**). has significant corelation (0.805**), TFW (0.726**), (0.696**) (0.609**). Branch negative unsignificant all characteristics, but height. According results, direct influence on (-33.02%), (30.23%) parameters. maximum effects fennel belongs (59.88%), (29.41%) (20.16%). In addition, number, showed maximal indirect through same traits affected indirectly positively. Therefore, these can be evaluated selection criterion attain higher