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Table 14 Effect of cultivars and phenolic acid concentrations on growth parameters of flax plants grown under sandy soil conditions (data are means of two successive seasons)

From: Comparative studies on the role of benzoic, t-cinnamic, and salicylic acids on growth, some biochemical aspects, and yield of three flax cultivars grown under sandy soil conditions

Cultivars

Concentrations mg/l

Shoot length (cm)

No. of basal branches

Shoot fresh wt/plant (g)

Shoot dry wt/plant (g)

Root length (cm)

Root fresh wt/plant (g)

Root dry wt/plant (g)

Blanka

Control

48.00

1.67

6.90

0.79

6.00

0.88

0.15

50

62.00

2.56

9.50

1.04

12.17

1.25

0.25

75

66.11

3.11

10.48

1.12

13.00

1.21

0.27

100

62.11

2.78

10.67

0.93

12.28

1.42

0.23

Line-4

Control

38.33

2.00

3.30

0.40

9.67

0.52

0.05

50

50.45

2.89

5.11

0.49

12.06

0.65

0.10

75

53.33

3.45

5.84

0.67

12.89

0.72

0.14

100

57.89

2.78

6.21

0.71

13.33

0.88

0.14

Giza-8

Control

46.00

1.00

4.60

0.51

8.67

0.61

0.07

50

58.11

1.33

6.34

0.75

12.44

0.83

0.91

75

67.67

2.03

8.74

0.94

14.66

1.19

1.00

100

70.33

2.33

9.00

1.00

13.33

1.41

0.93

LSD 0.05

1.79

0.21

0.40

0.15

0.51

0.19

0.08