Table 6 Effect of bio-fertilizer treatments on seed yield, its related characters, and nutritive value of flax plants grown under sandy soil conditions
Characters | Treatments | L.S.D. 0.05 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control | Micro | Milk whey | Yeast extract (1) | Yeast extract (2) | ||
Plant height (cm) | 71.33 | 78.34 | 85.67 | 88.17 | 77.34 | 2.13 |
Fruiting zone length (cm) | 24.43 | 30.22 | 33.78 | 32.11 | 30.11 | 1.19 |
Technical stem length (cm) | 46.90 | 48.12 | 51.89 | 56.05 | 47.23 | 1.77 |
No. of basal branch/plant | 2.67 | 3.67 | 3.89 | 3.67 | 4.11 | 0.33 |
Biological yield/plant (g) | 10.97 | 16.80 | 20.87 | 21.75 | 17.91 | 1.17 |
No of fruiting branches/plant | 19.05 | 31.55 | 34.78 | 29.11 | 24.56 | 2.35 |
No .of Capsules/plant | 64.00 | 88.78 | 115.66 | 122.67 | 110.67 | 7.17 |
Capsules yield/plant (g) | 5.01 | 8.78 | 10.12 | 11.79 | 12.39 | 2.08 |
Seed yield/plant (g) | 3.44 | 4.29 | 4.98 | 7.36 | 6.09 | 0.24 |
1000 seeds weight (g) | 3.46 | 3.91 | 3.93 | 3.87 | 3.81 | 0.11 |
Straw yield (ton/fed) | 1.42 | 2.11 | 2.66 | 2.42 | 2.87 | 0.21 |
Seed yield (kg/fed) | 284.00 | 489.73 | 574.93 | 526.00 | 568.80 | 30.55 |
Oil content (%) | 20.11 | 21.84 | 21.67 | 22.82 | 23.69 | 0.43 |
Protein content (%) | 19.18 | 20.72 | 20.74 | 21.89 | 22.67 | 0.31 |
Total phenolic mg/100Â g dry seed | 228.87 | 270.79 | 297.24 | 326.58 | 325.83 | 10.38 |
Total flavonoids mg/100Â g dry seed | 24.64 | 28.38 | 28.34 | 31.75 | 33.06 | 0.34 |