Table 6 Effect of ZnO or nano ZnO different concentrations (0, 20, 40, and 60 mg/l) on yield and yield components of flax plant under sandy soil (data are means of two seasons)

Technical shoot length (cm)

43.00

49.67

52.67

54.50

46.17

51.67

45.50

3.02

Fruiting zone length (cm)

16.67

17.67

18.00

16.67

15.50

21.67

19.83

2.33

Plant height (cm)

59.67

67.33

70.67

71.17

61.67

73.33

65.33

3.67

No of Fruiting branches/plant

6.67

10.17

10.33

8.00

10.67

8.67

11.50

1.43

No of capsules/plant

21.33

28.00

28.83

26.17

36.00

41.67

50.17

3.55

Biological yield/plant (g)

1.24

2.03

2.64

1.65

2.37

2.92

2.72

0.34

Seed yield/plant (g)

0.51

1.02

1.19

1.16

0.82

1.11

1.10

0.12

Straw yield/plant (g)

0.73

1.01

1.45

0.50

1.55

1.81

1.62

0.32

1000 seeds wt. (g)

6.56

7.21

7.83

8.32

7.52

8.12

8.87

0.20

Oil %

31.20

33.12

34.68

35.13

33.94

35.28

36.14

0.34

Seed yield (kg/fed)

314.06

430.20

487.20

527.20

421.20

571.40

634.34

5.25

Oil yield (kg/fed)

97.99

142.63

168.84

185.25

142.88

201.26

229.04

2.28

Biological yield (kg/fed)

1284.20

2118.25

2592.10

3317.40

2309.95

3488.70

3681.55

7.54

Straw yield (kg/fed)

970.14

1688.05

2104.90

2790.20

1888.75

2917.30

3047.21

7.65