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Agronomy of Linseed Oil Cultivars (Linum usitatissimum) in Northern Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

J. Y. Yayock  and
J. G. Quinn
J. Y. Yayock
Affiliation:
Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
J. G. Quinn
Affiliation:
Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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Summary

Forty-six cultivars of linseed oil (Linum usitatissimum L.) were grown under wet and dry season conditions in the Sudan Savanna of Nigeria. Only during the dry season was production good and cv Dunes consistently outyielded all other cultivars in terms of seed and oil content. Trials of sowing dates gave maximum seed yield and oil content from plots sown during late October. In row spacing trials, rows 15–22 cm apart and seed rates of 58–78 kg/ha were found to be the most practicable. There was a linear relation between increasing rates of nitrogen and seed yield, maximum production being obtained at 55–88 kg N/ha, but oil content was slightly depressed at levels above 33 kg N/ha.

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Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 1977 , pp. 93 - 100
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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