Table 19 Effect of benzoic, t-cinnamic and salicylic acids on seed yield, biological yield and its related characters of flax plants grown under sandy soil conditions (data are means of two successive seasons)
Treatments | 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) | Seed 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 | |
Benzoic acid | 50 | 79.56 | 25.45 | 54.11 | 12.49 | 13.89 | 52.78 | 2.72 | 7.76 | 2.693 | 475.20 | 107.35 | 22.59 | 29.52 |
75 | 87.11 | 33.67 | 53.44 | 17.01 | 20.78 | 101.70 | 5.55 | 9.45 | 3.683 | 627.73 | 157.50 | 25.09 | 30.93 | |
100 | 82.67 | 29.67 | 53.00 | 12.05 | 14.78 | 90.55 | 4.21 | 8.55 | 3.353 | 544.16 | 131.36 | 24.14 | 30.93 | |
t-Cinnamic acid | 50 | 74.44 | 27.33 | 47.11 | 6.59 | 9.29 | 37.33 | 2.10 | 8.00 | 2.767 | 543.07 | 124.31 | 22.89 | 29.24 |
75 | 87.22 | 35.22 | 52.00 | 16.48 | 21.00 | 91.00 | 5.15 | 8.67 | 3.853 | 655.19 | 160.78 | 24.54 | 30.32 | |
100 | 78.00 | 30.78 | 47.22 | 12.61 | 15.44 | 78.33 | 3.72 | 8.29 | 3.380 | 627.87 | 77.29 | 12.31 | 29.40 | |
Salicylic acid | 50 | 80.67 | 29.33 | 51.34 | 11.90 | 11.67 | 57.33 | 3.27 | 7.55 | 2.910 | 553.39 | 128.22 | 23.17 | 30.19 |
75 | 82.33 | 33.55 | 48.78 | 15.32 | 17.78 | 92.00 | 4.14 | 8.52 | 3.493 | 664.00 | 81.94 | 12.34 | 30.85 | |
100 | 88.66 | 36.89 | 51.77 | 15.98 | 19.22 | 79.78 | 6.09 | 8.81 | 3.880 | 723.73 | 175.72 | 24.28 | 30.31 | |
LSD 0.05 | 3.15 | 2.55 | 3.05 | 0.37 | 2.17 | 4.15 | 0.18 | 0.13 | 0.330 | 22.17 | 7.53 | 0.34 | 0.38 | |