Table 17 Effect of benzoic, t-cinnamic, and salicylic acids levels on growth parameters of flax plants grown under sandy soil conditions (data are means of two successive seasons)

44.11

1.56

4.93

0.57

8.11

0.67

0.09

Benzoic

acid

50

57.45

2.00

7.31

0.79

11.61

1.02

0.33

75

66.22

2.33

9.16

1.04

13.22

1.37

0.40

100

60.56

2.33

7.85

0.87

12.55

1.35

0.35

T-cinnamic acid

50

56.44

2.56

7.33

0.82

13.22

0.78

0.16

75

65.00

2.67

8.94

0.91

14.78

1.23

0.20

100

62.00

2.22

8.93

0.73

11.83

1.02

0.13

Salicylic

acid

50

56.89

2.11

6.70

0.70

12.50

0.94

0.15

75

59.89

2.22

7.76

0.82

12.55

0.92

0.14

100

64.78

2.33

9.10

1.00

14.56

1.13

0.29

2.78

0.15

0.35

0.11

0.41

0.16

0.05