Muhammad Abdul Aziz (1),Muhammad Nael Khattab (1) and Yara Zarba (1)*
- Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, Lattakia – Syria.
(*Corresponding author: Eng. Yara Zarba. E-Mail: nanoyaro55@gmail.com).
Received: 21/04/2020 Accepted: 7/06/2020
Abstract
The research was carried out in the scientific research laboratory at the Faculty of Agriculture – Tishreen University – in 2019 with the aim of studying the chemical components of Foeniculum vulgare fennel leaves and fruits collected from some areas of Lattakia countryside of different elevation from the sea level (Ras Shamra, Bahlouliya, Maziraa) to form a base for programs Genetic improvement for increasing the active substances in this plant (total chlorophyll, carotene, carbohydrates, protein, essential and essential oil). The results showed the superiority of Al-Maziraa (the highest sea level) significantly over all the qualities studied in the leaves {total chlorophyll ratio (1389.71 micro g / g), carotene (51.47 µ g / g), carbohydrates (6.19%), protein (3.88%), and essential), carotene (51.47 µ g / g), carotene (51.47 µ g / g), carbohydrates (6.19%), protein (3.88%), and essential), carbohydrates (6.19%), protein (3.88%) and essential oil (0.7 %)}, On the Ras Shamra and Bahloulia sites, and this may be due to the most favorable environmental conditions for the growth and development of the Shamra plant. The chemical composition varied significantly with the content of fennel fruits according to the sites {location of bahloulieh with carbohydrates (38.82%), essential oils (8.6%), al-Muzayri’ah site with primary oil (12.66%) and Ras Shamra site with protein (11.16%)..
The possibility of cultivating fennel in different altitudes from (14-435m) above the sea level, and in various types of soils in the Syrian coast, with preference for higher altitudes.
Key words: Sealevel rise, Fennel, Chlorophyll, Carotene, Carbohydrates, Protein, Essential and aromatic oils.
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