ABSTRACT

Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 29 Agrotechnical Research of Echinacea ........................................................................................... 31

Germany.................................................................................................................................. 31 Switzerland.............................................................................................................................. 31 Italy ......................................................................................................................................... 32 Austria ..................................................................................................................................... 32 Slovenia................................................................................................................................... 32 Romania .................................................................................................................................. 32 Poland...................................................................................................................................... 33 Slovakia, Czech Republic ....................................................................................................... 34 Hungary................................................................................................................................... 34 Bulgaria, Lithuania ................................................................................................................. 34 Ukraine, Russia ....................................................................................................................... 34 Finland .................................................................................................................................... 34 Norway.................................................................................................................................... 34 Denmark.................................................................................................................................. 34 Scotland................................................................................................................................... 34

Cultivation Areas in Europe........................................................................................................... 35 Different Cultivation and Production Forms of

Echinacea ..........................................................