Eco-friendly Management of Myzus persicae (Sulzer) on Cumin, Cuminum cyminum Linn.
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2017
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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, BIKANER SWAMI KESHWANAND RAJASTHAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, BIKANER
Abstract
Cumin (Cuminum cyminum) is important seed spice crop commonly
known as Jeera belongs to family Apiaceae. It is a drought tolerant, tropical or
subtropical crop. The stem of plants are slender and branched, rarely
exceeding 1 feet in height and somewhat angular. The leaves are divided into
long, narrow segments like fennel, but much smaller and are of a deep green
colour, generally turned black at the ends. The upper leaves are nearly
stalking less, but the lower ones have longer leaf stalks. The flowers are
small, rose-colored or white, in stalked umbels with only four to six rays, each
of which are only about 1/3 inch long. They are oblong in shape, thicker in the
middle, compressed laterally about 5 inch long, resembling caraway seeds,
but lighter in colour and bristly instead of smooth, almost straight, instead of
being curved.