Table 10 Effect phenolic acid concentrations on seed yield, its components, and oil and carbohydrate percentages of flax plants grown under sandy soil conditions (data are means of two successive seasons)
Conc (mg/L) | Plant height (cm) | Fruiting zone length (cm) | Technical length (cm) | Biol. yield/plant (g) | No. of branches/plant | No. of capsules/plant | Seed yield/plant (g) | 1000 Seeds wt. (g) | Biol. yield (ton/fed) | Seed yield (kg/fed) | Oil yield (kg/fed) | Oil% | Carbo% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control | 68.11 | 22.78 | 45.33 | 5.73 | 10.89 | 33.66 | 1.85 | 6.78 | 2.143 | 391.20 | 82.90 | 21.19 | 27.32 |
50 | 78.22 | 27.37 | 50.85 | 10.33 | 11.62 | 49.15 | 2.70 | 7.77 | 2.790 | 523.89 | 119.87 | 22.88 | 29.65 |
75 | 85.55 | 34.15 | 51.41 | 16.27 | 19.85 | 94.90 | 4.95 | 8.88 | 3.676 | 648.97 | 134.08 | 20.66 | 30.70 |
100 | 83.11 | 32.45 | 50.66 | 13.55 | 16.48 | 82.89 | 4.67 | 8.55 | 3.538 | 631.92 | 127.90 | 20.24 | 30.21 |
LSD 0.05 | 2.05 | 1.20 | 0.27 | 1.12 | 1.03 | 5.02 | 0.23 | 0.18 | 0.123 | 13.75 | 8.26 | 0.31 | 0.35 |