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Abstract Anise, Pimpinella anisum, plant is considered as one of the most important medicinal plants. It belongs to family umbelliferae (Apiaceae) and commonly cultivated in middle Egypt Governorates. Anise fruits contain 2-30/0 volatile oil with the most important components being anethole and methyl chavicol. The fruits are commonly used in medicinal folklore, bakery and sweets, while the Volatile Oil Involved In Different Pharmaceutical Puposes. The present investigation was conducted during two consecutive seasons 1995/96 and 1996/97 in the experimental farm and laboratory of ornamental plant division, Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Minia University. Such study ainled to investigate the response of anise plants to plant density and some nutrient treatments in terms of vegetative growth, seed and oil yield and some chemical constituents. The examined plant density treatments included three treatments, low, medium and high, while, fertilization treatments included three rates of each of single superphosphate (SSP), triple superphosphate (TSP) and Zn, Mn, in addition to two combined P, Zn and Mn treatments. The experiment was arranged in a split-plot design |