Diseases and pests of fennel

Abstract

Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) is aromatic plant from Apiaceae family. Fennel fruits (Foeniculi fructus) usually contain 2-6% of essential oil, with trans-anethole which is main component with 60-90%. The fruits are widely used in medicine and nutrition, but also in organic agricultural production. In the world and in our country it was found a large number of diseases, including fungal which are more abundant, than bacterial and phytoplasmas on the fennel. It was determined and the appearance of insects and parasitic flower dodder (Cuscuta sp.).

Komorač (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) je aromatična biljka iz familije Apiaceae. Plodovi komorača (Foeniculi fructus) obično sadrže 2-6% etarskog ulja, čija je glavna komponenta trans-anetol koji čini 60-90%. Imaju široku upotrebu u medicini i ishrani, ali i u poljoprivrednoj proizvodnji. Na komoraču je u svetu i kod nas zabeležen veliki broj bolesti, među kojima su gljivične najbrojnije, ali se javljaju i bakterioze i fitoplazme. Utvrđena je i pojava insekata i parazitne cvetnice Cuscuta sp.