Agricultural and Technological Properties of Some Important Culture Species within the Family Umbelliferae in Isparta Ecological Conditions

Anise (pimpinella anisum l.), dill weed (anethum graveolens l.), cumin (cuminum cyminum l.), coriander (coriandrum sativum l.) and fennel (foeniculum vulgare mill.) are the most valuable medicinal and aromatic plants cultured in the world and also in turkey. in this research, it was aimed to determine the agronomic and technological properties together with opportunities of sources of essential oil, fixed oil and petroselinic acid in the varieties and populations of aniseed, cumin, coriander, fennel and dill species in isparta ecological conditions. according to the field and laboratory results, the highest seed yield was obtained from “yeşilova” aniseed population (47.01 kg/da), “akşehir” dill population (77.75 kg/da) “egebir09” cumin variety (97.00 kg/da), “erbaa” coriander variety (82.85 kg/da) and “denizli” fennel population (63.66 kg/da). the highest essential oil content were obtained from “burdur” anise population (3.60%), “burdur” dill population (3.73%), “türkmen09” cumin variety (2.13%), “gamze” coriander variety (0.47%) and “burdur” fennel population (3.13%). the main essential oil compound was trans anethole (95.56-95.88%) in anise, d-carvone (37.87-67.76%) in dill, a-thujenal (30.90-42.52%) in cumin, linalool (81.85-88.94%) in coriander and trans-anethole (79.67-89.13%) in fennel. the highest fixed oil content was obtained from “burdur” aniseed population (30.17%), “burdur” dill population (21.24%), “egebir09 cumin variety (29.03%), “erbaa” coriander variety (25.42%) and “denizli” fennel population (23.67%). finally, the highest petroselinic acid ratio was determined in “çardak” population (63.37%) in anise, “burdur” population (87.28%) in dill, “türkmen09” (60.18%) in cumin, “erbaa” variety (79.89%) in coriander and “burdur” population (83.49%).