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The Tolerance of Flax to Saline Conditions: Effect of Sodium Chloride, Calcium Chloride, and Sodium Sulfate 1
Author(s) -
Hayward H. E.,
Spurr Winifred B.
Publication year - 1944
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1944.00021962003600040004x
Subject(s) - sodium , salinity , horticulture , chemistry , botany , mathematics , biology , ecology , organic chemistry
T HE demand for linseed oil and flax fiber under wartime conditions has resulted in a marked increase in acreage of flax in the western states. On the basis of 194 ~ figures3 California and Montana harvested over a tenth of the total acreage in the United States, and Arizona, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho reported acreages ranging from to ~4,ooo acres. In the Imperial Valley of California the acreage of flax has increased4 from about 2o,ooo acres harvested in I936, to ~o6,ooo acres in i942, and the acreage for ~943 was approximately ~45,ooo (9). s This extension of acreage has resulted in planting some flax on saline land. Pot this reason, it has seemed esirable to obtain more complete information on the effect of saline substrates on the vegetative growth of flax and the yield and oil content of the flax seed.