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Wild marigold (Tagetes minuta L.) is an annual aromatic herb belonging to Asteraceae (sunflower family) that is the largest family of plants. It is grown in many areas of the world and grows as weed in orchards, gardens, waste grounds. It can grow in both moist and dry conditions. It is a source of a variety of secondary products such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides and flavoring agent which are used in food industry. So, various propagation techniques have been developed and improved for the production of secondary metabolites from Tagetes minuta L. It is normally propagated by seed can be done by two methods i.e., direct sowing and transplantation of plants. Flowering in Tagetes minuta L. takes place in the month of September. Crop harvesting is carried out from October till November and finally seed harvesting is done. It is one of the major sources of essential oil that is a clear liquid with pale yellow to dark yellow in color. Sometimes, it also appears orange or reddish in color. It is fruity or woody in odour.

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  1. Knowledge Unit of Science, University of Management and Technology, Sialkot, Pakistan

    Hammad Majeed

  2. Applied Botany Lab. Department of Botany, Government College University Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

    Tehreema Iftikhar, Syeda Shehwar Zahra, Muhammad Waheed & Samar Bashir

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Majeed, H. et al. (2023). Wild Marigold. In: Zia-Ul-Haq, M., Abdulkreem AL-Huqail, A., Riaz, M., Farooq Gohar, U. (eds) Essentials of Medicinal and Aromatic Crops. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35403-8_13

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