| An experiment was conducted during winter season of 2009/2010 in Lath house belong to Hort. and Landscape Design Dept., Coll. of Agric., Basrah Univ. to evaluate the effect of sowing dates and spraying with zinc on growth and yield of Anise) Pimpinella anisum L. (var. Local. The experiment was focussed on the effect of two factors i.e. two sowing dates ( 3 , 17/10) and spraying with ZnSO4. 7H2O at 0, 75 and 150 mg/l.). Randomized Complete Block Design was used with three replicates, R. L. s. D. Test was used at probability of 5%. Results showed that early sowing date gave significant increases in plant height, number of branches, leaf number, the number of umbels, total florets, the number of fruits per plant and plant yield. Spraying with Zn gave significant increases in plant height, number of branches, leaf number per plant, the number of umbels, total florets, the number of fruits per plant and plant yield. The interaction of the two factors of study had significant effects on all studied parameters. |