Ranjana Rawal1, Khem R. Sharma2 and Ram Bahadur Khadka1
1Scientist, RARS, Khajura, Banke, Nepal,Nepal Agricultural Research Council
2Technical Officer, Ginger Research Program, kapurkot, Salyan, NARC
Abstract
A field evaluation of five genotypes of cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) was carried out at Regional Agriculture Research Station, Khajura, Nepalgunj and Ginger Research Program, Kapurkot, Salyan in 2014-15.The experiment was laid out in a Randomized complete block design with five treatment and four replications. Five genotype f cumin (Ratna, GC 4, Guha 104, RZ 209 and Sri Ram Gold) collected from Rajasthan, India were sown at 30cm ͯ 5cm spacing.Plant height, number of branch per plant, number number of umbel per plant, wilt and root rot disease incidence, seed yield and test weight were recorded. No yield and other
yield attributing characters could be recorded in Khajura condition due to the high incidence of blight and root rot diseases.The number of umbel per plant was recorded significantly the highest in RZ-209 (36.35) while there was no significant different in number of umbeletes per umble among the tested varieties. The lowest disease was scored in variety Ratna (1) which
was at par with Sri Ram Gold (1.5). The highest yield was recorded in genotypes Guha 104 (0.59 mt/ ha) which was followed by Sri Ram Gold (0.53 mt./ha) at Salyan condition while the lowest seed yield was recorded in RZ 209 (0.32 mt/ ha). This preliminary result showed that the feasibility of commercial cumin production in mid hill region of mid western Nepal while due to the high incidence of soil borne disease in terai region it is not possible without the appropriate disease management package in western terai region of Nepal.
Keywords: cumin, seed yield, disease, western terai, varieties.