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Table 5 Effect of phenolic acid treatments on growth parameters of flax plants grown under sandy soil conditions (data are means of two 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

Treatments

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)

Benzoic acid

57.09

2.06

7.31

0.82

11.37

1.10

0.29

T-cinnamic acid

56.89

2.25

7.53

0.76

11.99

0.93

0.15

Salicylic acid

56.42

2.06

7.12

0.77

11.93

0.92

0.17

LSD 0.05

0.32

0.05

0.12

0.03

0.05

0.02

0.01