Abstract
L.) is a retrovative crop with highly nutritious seeds. The study aimed to assess the effect of plant density and type of fertilizer on crop growth and productivity. A three-year experiment was conducted at the Agricultural University of Athens, focusing on two densities (D1 and D2) and four fertilizers (urea with inhibitors (I), organic (O), urea (U) and control (C)). Measurements included plant height, dry weight, number of capsules, number of seeds per capsule, Thousand Seeds Weight (TSW), yield, Harvest Index (HI), seed oil content and oil yield. Fertilization increased plant height (14.6-15.2%), dry weight (34.1%) and number of capsules (24.9%). D2 improved biomass production by 52.6%, while D1 increased the number of capsules by 16.4%. TSW increased by 6.7 and 23.9% at D2 and fertilized treatments, respectively. Yield, HI and oil yield were affected by the interaction of density and fertilization, while seed oil content was affected only by fertilization. D2I increased yield by 67.9% compared to D2C, while oil yield increased over twofold. Overall, flax represents a promising alternative crop against climate change in the Mediterranean Basin.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Fertilization increased flax height by 14.6-15.2%.
- Taxon
- Flax
Linum usitatissimumt0 - Treatment
- Fertilizatione0
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 14.6-15.2%e0
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e0“Fertilization increased plant height (14.6-15.2%)”
t0“Flax”
Claim · model-written summary
Fertilization increased dry weight by 34.1%.
- Taxon
- FlaxLinum usitatissimumt0
- Treatment
- Fertilizatione0
- Outcome
- dry weighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 34.1%e0
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Verbatim
e0“Fertilization increased plant height (14.6-15.2%), dry weight (34.1%)”
t0“Flax”
Claim · model-written summary
Fertilization increased capsule number by 24.9%.
- Taxon
- FlaxLinum usitatissimumt0
- Treatment
- Fertilizatione0
- Outcome
- number of capsulese0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 24.9%e0
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Verbatim
e0“Fertilization increased plant height (14.6-15.2%), dry weight (34.1%) and number of capsules (24.9%)”
t0“Flax”
Claim · model-written summary
D2 increased biomass production by 52.6%.
- Taxon
- FlaxLinum usitatissimumt0
- Treatment
- D2e0
- Outcome
- biomass productione0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Value
- 52.6%e0
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Verbatim
e0“D2 improved biomass production by 52.6%”
t0“Flax”
Claim · model-written summary
D1 increased capsule number by 16.4%.
- Taxon
- FlaxLinum usitatissimumt0
- Treatment
- D1e0
- Outcome
- number of capsulese0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 16.4%e0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“D1 increased the number of capsules by 16.4%”
t0“Flax”
Claim · model-written summary
D2 increased thousand-seed weight by 6.7%.
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e0“TSW increased by 6.7 and 23.9% at D2 and fertilized treatments, respectively”
t0“Flax”
Claim · model-written summary
Fertilized treatments increased thousand-seed weight by 23.9%.
- Taxon
- FlaxLinum usitatissimumt0
- Treatment
- fertilized treatmentse0
- Outcome
- TSWe0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 23.9%e0
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Verbatim
e0“TSW increased by 6.7 and 23.9% at D2 and fertilized treatments, respectively”
t0“Flax”
Claim · model-written summary
Density and fertilization interacted in their effect on yield, harvest index, and oil yield.
- Taxon
- FlaxLinum usitatissimumt0
- Treatment
- density and fertilizatione0
- Outcome
- Yield, HI and oil yielde0
Not reportedDirection
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e0“Yield, HI and oil yield were affected by the interaction of density and fertilization”
t0“Flax”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed oil content was affected only by fertilization.
- Taxon
- FlaxLinum usitatissimumt0
- Treatment
- fertilizatione0
- Outcome
- seed oil contente0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“seed oil content was affected only by fertilization”
t0“Flax”
Claim · model-written summary
D2I raised yield by 67.9% relative to D2C.
- Taxon
- FlaxLinum usitatissimumt0
- Treatment
- D2Ie0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 67.9%e0
- Comparator
- D2Ce0
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e0“D2I increased yield by 67.9% compared to D2C”
t0“Flax”
Claim · model-written summary
D2I more than doubled oil yield.
- Taxon
- FlaxLinum usitatissimumt0
- Treatment
- D2Ie0
- Outcome
- oil yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- over twofolde0
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Verbatim
e0“D2I increased yield by 67.9% compared to D2C, while oil yield increased over twofold”
t0“Flax”
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