Table 20 Effect of interaction between benzoic, t-cinnamic, and salicylic acids on growth parameters of flax varieties grown under sandy soil conditions (data are means of two successive seasons)
Cultivars | Treatments (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 | |
Benzoic acid | 50 | 63.67 | 3.00 | 10.13 | 1.08 | 8.00 | 1.08 | 0.23 | |
75 | 66.33 | 4.33 | 11.02 | 1.15 | 10.33 | 1.36 | 0.25 | ||
100 | 61.67 | 3.00 | 9.00 | 0.96 | 12.00 | 1.68 | 0.29 | ||
T-cinnamic acid | 50 | 61.00 | 3.67 | 9.15 | 0.98 | 13.00 | 1.00 | 0.26 | |
75 | 69.00 | 3.33 | 11.05 | 1.22 | 16.33 | 1.14 | 0.38 | ||
100 | 56.33 | 1.67 | 10.78 | 0.49 | 10.50 | 1.38 | 0.16 | ||
Salicylic acid | 50 | 61.33 | 1.00 | 9.21 | 1.05 | 15.50 | 1.66 | 0.27 | |
75 | 63.00 | 1.67 | 9.36 | 0.98 | 12.33 | 1.13 | 0.17 | ||
100 | 68.33 | 3.67 | 12.23 | 1.35 | 14.33 | 1.19 | 0.24 | ||
Line-4 | Control | 38.33 | 2.00 | 3.30 | 0.40 | 9.67 | 0.52 | 0.05 | |
Benzoic acid | 50 | 50.00 | 2.67 | 4.49 | 0.44 | 14.50 | 0.85 | 0.11 | |
75 | 53.67 | 2.67 | 5.58 | 0.70 | 15.00 | 0.94 | 0.16 | ||
100 | 54.67 | 2.67 | 4.83 | 0.54 | 13.33 | 0.89 | 0.15 | ||
T-cinnamic acid | 50 | 48.67 | 3.00 | 4.60 | 0.55 | 11.67 | 0.58 | 0.11 | |
75 | 49.33 | 3.00 | 5.75 | 0.66 | 13.67 | 0.60 | 0.12 | ||
100 | 60.00 | 2.67 | 6.82 | 0.76 | 14.00 | 0.79 | 0.12 | ||
Salicylic acid | 50 | 52.67 | 3.00 | 6.24 | 0.49 | 10.00 | 0.53 | 0.09 | |
75 | 57.00 | 4.67 | 6.20 | 0.64 | 10.00 | 0.62 | 0.13 | ||
100 | 59.00 | 3.00 | 6.97 | 0.83 | 12.67 | 0.95 | 0.16 | ||
Giza-8 | Control | 46.00 | 1.00 | 4.60 | 0.51 | 8.67 | 0.61 | 0.07 | |
Benzoic acid | 50 | 58.67 | 1.67 | 7.30 | 0.85 | 12.33 | 1.13 | 0.64 | |
75 | 75.67 | 2.76 | 10.87 | 1.14 | 14.33 | 1.52 | 0.80 | ||
100 | 65.33 | 2.33 | 9.72 | 1.11 | 12.33 | 1.47 | 0.60 | ||
T-cinnamic acid | 50 | 59.00 | 1.00 | 7.09 | 0.82 | 13.00 | 0.74 | 1.10 | |
75 | 67.67 | 1.67 | 7.62 | 0.85 | 14.33 | 1.04 | 1.10 | ||
100 | 72.67 | 2.33 | 9.19 | 0.95 | 11.00 | 1.49 | 1.12 | ||
Salicylic acid | 50 | 56.67 | 1.33 | 4.64 | 0.57 | 12.00 | 0.63 | 0.98 | |
75 | 59.67 | 1.67 | 7.73 | 0.84 | 15.33 | 1.01 | 1.11 | ||
100 | 73.00 | 2.33 | 8.09 | 0.93 | 16.67 | 1.26 | 1.06 | ||
LSD 0.05 | 3.03 | 0.21 | 0.37 | 0.18 | 0.62 | 0.12 | 0.03 | ||