title: Benefits of environmental conditions for growing coriander in Banat Region, Serbia.
abstract: As one of the oldest multi-purpose plants (spice, aromatic, honey and medicinal), coriander is widespread across Europe. Although in Serbia there are favorable conditions for its growth and development, it is grown on relatively small areas. During both investigated years it took more than 1200 degrees C for transfer from vegetative to generative phase of development and over 2000 degrees C for it to be ready for harvesting. Coriander is a photophilic plant, which requires around 1000 hours of light from sowing to ripening.. As for humidity, coriander grows well, if there are more than 200 mm of rainfall during growing season. In 2009 and 2010, the experiment carried out at the experimental field in Ostojićevo (Banat, Vojvodina province, Serbia) monitored the effect of parameters mentioned above on development of coriander plants, seed yield and essential oil content. The average yields of 1866 kg ha(-1) (2009) and 2470 kg ha(-1) (2010), and relatively high content of essential oil (1.06% in both years) indicate a great potential of this plant species in Serbia, which is, however, greatly dependent on environmental conditions during year.
authors.affiliation: Scholar of Ministry of Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia. milkica@neobee.net
authors.forename: Milica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Acimovic
authors.forename: Snezana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oljaca
authors.forename: Goran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jacimovic
authors.forename: Slobodan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Drazic
authors.forename: Slavoljub
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tasic
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000191:economics*; D028526:Coriandrum / Q000502:physiology*; D004777:Environment; D055771:Serbia; D013997:Time Factors