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to provide a distinct petiole type for fancy grade pack, tolerant to brown spot, wide
adaptability, similar to Florida 683.
Transgreen: wide thick petioles and excellent yield potential, similar to Florida 683.
In a review Kadam and Salunkhe (1998) mentioned that all green varieties are
resistant to Fusarium wilt. Emerson Pascal is resistant to early and late blights and to
Fusarium wilt but has a tendency to bolt. Early blanching Sanford Superb or Newark
Market is thought to have originated from Golden Self Blanching, the most extensively
grown yellow variety. The important yellow or self blanching varieties are Michigan
Improved Golden, Cornell 19, Supreme Golden, Golden Plume, Wonderful, Golden
No. 15 and Cornell 619. The varieties from the Cornell group have thick petioles
whereas Pascal varieties are resistant to Fusarium yellowing but have a bolting
tendency. White Cornell 19 is susceptible to brown spot, while others such as Michigan
Golden, Michigan Improved Golden and Supreme Golden are resistant to Fusarium
yellowing.
The Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, recommended Standard
Bearer and Wright Gieve Giant vegetable type introductions of celery in India. Farooqui
and Sreeramu (2001) in their compilation mentioned EC 99249-1 and RRL 85-1 a
good varieties for cultivation under Indian conditions for high essential oil content.
The National Research Centre on Seed Spices in India has developed a variety
NRCSS-A Cel –1 of celery suitable for cultivation under semi-arid conditions for
high yield and essential oil content (Malhotra, 2004) and has been identified for
release very recently.
18.5 Chemical structure..........................................................................
The chemical composition of leaves, stalks, seeds and volatile oil varies in constituents.
The composition of the constituents differs considerably depending upon the age
of the seed, geographical region, stage of harvesting and method of distillates.
According to Chevallier (2001), the key constituents of celery seed are volatile oil
(1.5–3.0%) containing 60–70% limonene, phthalides and b-salinene, coumarins,
Table 18.1 Types and cultivars of celeryGolden cultivars Green cultivarsGolden Plume Utah type
Golden Self Blanching Utah 52–70 R
Michigan Improved Golden Utah 52–70 HK
Cornell 619 Florida 683
Golden Detroit Utah 52–70
Tall Green Light
Tender crisp
Summer Pascal type
Summer Pascal
Giant Pascal
Slow Bolting type
Slow Bolting Green No. 96
Slow Bolting Green No. 12Source: Swaider et al., (1992).