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Table 5 Effect of bio-fertilizer treatments on growth parameters and chemical content of flax plants grown under sandy soil conditions

From: Influence of biofertilizers on growth and some biochemical aspects of flax cultivars grown under sandy soil conditions

Characters

Treatments

L.S.D. 0.05

Control

Micro

Milk whey

Yeast extract (1)

Yeast extract (2)

Shoot height (cm)

63.50

66.72

74.56

73.33

69.17

2.19

Root length (cm)

10.33

14.00

13.61

13.06

12.56

1.32

Number of basal branch

2.78

3.94

3.72

2.67

3.61

0.22

Shoot fresh wt. (g)

9.85

23.18

22.28

17.88

25.31

1.05

Root fresh wt. (g)

1.06

3.17

3.12

1.99

3.53

0.25

Shoot dry wt. (g)

2.78

6.31

6.18

4.84

6.86

0.22

Root dry wt. (g)

0.35

0.98

0.78

0.48

0.92

0.19

Chlorophyll a

mg/100 g fresh wt

1.170

1.601

1.769

1.437

1.521

0.01

Chlorophyll b

0.489

0.501

0.522

0.512

0.468

0.10

Carotenoids

0.404

0.438

0.509

0.366

0.389

0.05

Total pigments

2.064

2.540

2.801

2.316

2.377

0.18

Total carbohydrate content (%)

17.82

19.74

20.42

20.77

22.37

0.53

Total soluble carbohydrate (%)

1.79

1.79

1.97

2.01

2.07

0.10

Polysaccharides (%)

16.03

17.95

18.45

18.76

20.30

0.51

IAA (μg/g fresh leaf)

26.02

33.25

37.35

40.64

47.15

3.62

Total phenolic(mg/100 g fresh leaf)

41.13

52.84

46.87

54.44

59.97

1.38