Evaluation of yield and quality characteristics in dill (Anethum graveolens L.)

Dill (Anethum graveolens L.) is an annual herb in Umbelliferae family. An experiment conducted during rabi 2018-2019 at Chilli and Vegetable Research Unit, Dr. PDKV, Akola for evaluation of Yield and Quality Characteristics of Dill (Anethum graveolens L.). Among the sixteen genotypes viz., AKDIL-01, AKDIL-02, AKDIL-03, AKDIL-04, AKDIL-05, AKDIL-06, AKDIL-07, AKDIL-08, AKDIL-09, AKDIL-10, AKDIL-11, AKDIL-12, AKDIL-13, AKDIL-14, AKDIL-15, AKDIL-16 and one check-Shiva. The experiment was laid out in a RBD with three replications. Among the genotypes plant height was ranged from 107.33 cm (AKDIL-07) to 153.33 cm (AKDIL-10) over check. Variation in yield and yield contributing characteristics were found among the sixteen dill genotypes. The genotype AKDIL-4 produced the maximum branches (6.40) followed by AKDIL-13 (6.33). A similar trend was also noticed in number of umbellets per umbel among the genotypes. The highest seed yield per plant was recorded in the genotype AKDIL-13 (14.7 g) while, it was the lowest in AKDIL-7 (3.67 g). For seed production potentiality, the genotype AKDIL-13 produced the highest amount of seed yield per plot (362.00 g) since it produced the maximum number of seeds per umbel (344.33). Seed yield per plot varied from 40.00 g to 362.00 g.