Table 7 Effect phenolic acid treatments on seed yield, its components, and oil and carbohydrate percentages 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) | Oil yield Kg/fed | Oil% | Carbo% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Benzoic acid | 79.36 | 27.89 | 51.47 | 11.82 | 15.09 | 69.67 | 3.58 | 8.14 | 2.968 | 509.57 | 118.48 | 23.25 | 29.68 |
T-cinnamic acid | 76.94 | 29.03 | 47.92 | 10.35 | 14.16 | 60.08 | 3.21 | 7.94 | 3.036 | 554.33 | 112.14 | 20.23 | 29.07 |
Salicylic acid | 79.94 | 30.64 | 49.31 | 12.23 | 14.89 | 65.69 | 3.84 | 7.92 | 3.107 | 583.08 | 118.07 | 20.25 | 29.67 |
LSD0.05 | 2.05 | 1.13 | 1.33 | 0.28 | 0.33 | 3.15 | 0.21 | 0.02 | 0.071 | 15.33 | 12.65 | 0.01 | 0.01 |