Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) belongs to an Asteraceae family is an aromatic, medicinal biennial or perennial herb. It is well-known worldwide for its culinary, medicinal, and nutritional benefits. It is grown as weed in berseem during rabi cultivation and having the robust regenerative capacity which infest the berseem crop sown with berseem/lucerne seeds in the field. The plant can also be used to augment cattle feed that mixed with beseem/lucerne forage at the time of harvesting.
Chicory, Asteraceae family, aromatic, Multipurpose Herb, augment cattle feed
