Jindal, Parnika
Kant, Krishan
Kaur, Navneet
Gupta, Shalu
Satsangi, Mukta
Naeem, M.
Ali, Akbar
Article History
Received: 13 November 2025
Accepted: 18 May 2026
First Online: 16 June 2026
Declarations
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: We followed institutional, national, and international guidelines for the use of plant material (seeds). Certified fennel ( Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) seeds of the variety AF-2, notified by the CVRC (Notified vide S.O.216 (E)16.01.2018) for commercial cultivation, were procured from a reliable source, such as the Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Agriculture University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, with proper institutional consent. Plant material was taxonomically identified by Dr. Santendra Kumar Soni, Associate Professor, HOD, Department of Botany, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. No wild plants were found; hence, no specific permission, licences, herbarium deposition was required.
: Not applicable.
: The authors confirm that there is no conflict of interest regarding the information given in the manuscript.