Domestication and cultivation trails on Psoralea corylifolia (Babchi) at medicinal plants farm, Peshawar
Domestication and cultivation trails on Psoralea corylifolia (Babchi) at medicinal plants farm, Peshawar
Shakeel Haider Zaidi, Ch. Muhammad Muslim, Muhammad Shabbir Mughal and Imtiaz Hussain
ABSTRACT
Psoralea corylifolia plant is reputed for its psoralen content, largely used in psoriasis and certain immune diseases. To assess the possibility of its introduction and cultivation as a specialized crop, yield trials with different levels of nitrophos fertilizer (20:20 NP) on the seed yield were conducted for three consecutive years at Medicinal Plant Farm of Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar. The plant has successfully acclimatized under climatic and edephic conditions; gave better growth and higher seed yield by the application of split doses of 200 kg nitrophos/ha.
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June 2007
Vol. 57, Iss. 2
