the main objective of this study was to determine the effects of nitrogen fixing bacteria and manure application on the seed yield and yield components in black cumin (nigella sativa l.). the experiment was carried out at the ran research station in firouzkouh in 2012. a 4×4 factorial experiment, arranged in a randomized complete blocks designed with three replications. the treatments consisted...

one of the important aspects of the medicinal plants production is using less chemical inputs. it could be effective for increasing of production and environmental purposes. in order to investigate the effects of application time of integrated chemical fertilizer with cattle manure on growth, yield and yield components of black cumin (nigella sativa l.), an experiment was conducted based on a r...

Citation: Hedawoo GB, Mishra SA and Maggirwar RC (2014) Incidence of mycoflora associated with some spices, International Journal of Life Sciences, 2 (1): 44-48. The spices including black pepper, fennel and cumin are extensively utilized by majority of world’s polulation in response to multifold used as food, medicine, flavouring and colouring agent. In storage, seed borne contaminants not onl...

Selected processing methods, demonstrated to be effective at reducing Salmonella, were assessed to determine if spice and herb quality was affected. Black peppercorn, cumin seed, oregano, and onion powder were irradiated to a target dose of 8 kGy. Two additional processes were examined for whole black peppercorns and cumin seeds: ethylene oxide (EtO) fumigation and vacuum assisted-steam (82.22 ...

Some Saudi herbs and spices were analyzed. The results indicated that mustard, black cumin, and cress seeds contain high amount of fat 38.45%, 31.95% and 23.19%, respectively, as compared to clove (16.63%), black pepper (5.34%) and fenugreek (4.51%) seeds. Cress, mustard, black cumin and black pepper contain higher protein contents ranging from 26.61 to 25.45%, as compared to fenugreek (12.91%)...

in order to study the effects of intercropping on yield of black cumin in intercropping with chickpea and bean, an experiment was conducted in a complete randomized block design with four replications. crops were planted as pure stands and intercrops in three arrangements: a) alternating rows of a field crop and a medicinal plant, b) two rows of field crops and one row of medicinal plant, c) al...

this research was conducted to evaluate the role of drought stress and planting dates on seeds vigour and seedling growth of produced seeds. the experiment was performed in the research field and seed technology laboratory of the department of agronomy and plant breeding, college of aboureyhan in pakdasht in spring 2008. five canola cultivars including licord, opera, modena, elite, sarigol (in ...