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Beige Brown Minimal Organic Creative Project Presentation - 20240416 - 202907 - 0000
Beige Brown Minimal Organic Creative Project Presentation - 20240416 - 202907 - 0000
Presentation on cumin
Contents
1. Introduction
2. soil and climatic
3. varieties
4. Propagation
5. cultivation
6. Pests and disease
7. Maturity, Harvesting
and yield
Introduction
cumin or safaid jeera is one of the oldest
spices know to mankind. It belongs to
family Apiaceae. It is the ripe fruit of the
slender herb. Cumin are yellowish to
greyish - brown and have an aromatic
odour due to the presence of an aromatic
alcohol, and a spicy somewhat bitter .
Soil and
climatic
Requirements
Cumin thirves well in tropical and sub- tropical climates and well drained, medium to
heavy textured, medium to highly fertile soil with a good water holding capacity is
ideally suited for its cultivation
Varieties
The crop will be ready for harvest in about 80 to 120 days after
sowing. At this stage, the leaves of the plant become yellow. The
crop is harvested before the fruit shatter , by uprooting the
whole plant in the morning. A disease - free field receiving the
above pakage of practice would easily 8-15 quintals of cumin
seeds per hectare
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