RESPONSE OF FLAX TO SOIL LEVELING, PLANTING METHODS AND SEEDING RATES. | ||
| Journal of Plant Production | ||
| Article 4, Volume 28, Issue 9, September 2003, Pages 6577-6589 PDF (909.71 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpp.2003.252707 | ||
| Authors | ||
| T. A. Abou Zaid,; A. M. Al-Azony | ||
| Field Crop Res. Inst., ARC. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Two field experiments were carried out during 2000/2001 and 2001/2002 seasons at Gemmeiza Agricultural Research Station, El-Gharbia Governorate to study the effect of two methods of soil leveling (Traditional, accurate and Laser methods), five planting methods (manual, spreading, mechanical, drilling sowing, band sowing and zegzag band sowing) and three seeding rates (60, 70 and 80 kg seed/fed) on yield, yield components and technological characteristics of Sakha I flax variety. The results of the present investigation indicated that: Laser land leveling (L2) had significant increase than traditional leveling (L1) in plant height, technical length, straw yield/fed, fiber yield/plan, fiber yield/fed, fiber length, fiber percentage and fiber fineness. While the traditional; leveling method record a significant increase than laser leveling in stem diameter, straw yield/plant number of capsules/plant, 1000 seed weight, seed yield/plant, seed yield/fed. On the other hand seed oil percentage did not significantly affect by leveling method. Zegzag band sowing surpassed the other planting methods in straw yield/fed, fiber yield/plant, fiber yield/fed, fiber length, fiber percentage, fiber fineness, number of capsules/plant, 1000 seed weight, seed yield/plant, seed yield/fed, and seed oil percentage in both seasons. More over it surpassed the others planting methods in plant height and technical length in the first season only. While drilling sowing planting method surpassed the others in stem diameter, and straw yield/plant in both seasons. Increasing seeding rates from 60 to 70 and 80 kg seed/fed increased plant height, technical length, straw yield/fed, fiber yield/fed, fiber length, fiber percentage and fiber fineness. The interaction between leveling methods and planting methods was significantly affected on stem diameter, straw yield/fed, fiber/fed, fiber fineness, number of capsules/plant, seed yield/plant and seed yield/fed. Whereas the interaction between leveling methods and seeding rates significant effects on plant height, technical length, stem diameter, straw yield/fed, fiber/plant, fiber yield/fed and fiber fineness. While the interaction between planting methods and seeding rates was significantly affected plant height, technical length, straw yield/fed, fiber yield/fed, fiber length, fiber percentage and fiber fineness. On the other hand the interaction between leveling methods, planting methods and seeding rates did not reach level of significant in all characters studied. In general, it can be stated that raising flax fiber yield can be achieved by using laser leveling with Zegzag band sowing and sowing flax with 80 kg/fed, seeding rate. | ||
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