Peculiarities of propagation of varietal admixture of oilseed flax in sparse crops of fiber flax in the conditions of the North-Western region of the Russian Federation

Abstract

Relevance. In course of the varietal identification of fiber flax seeds lots produced in research institutions of the Russian Federation, plants atypical for the varieties tested were periodically identified. Their belonging to a mechanical varietal impurity (rogue) was confirmed, in some cases, by the results of the progeny check. The purpose of the work is to clarify the indicator of varietal purity of flax seeds of the categories «original seeds» (OS) and «elite seeds» (ES) in GOST R 52325-2005.Methods. Trials were carried out on sod-podzolic medium loamy soil in the Tver region. The study objects included seeds and plants of brown seed fiber flax variety Antey (control) and yellow-seed variety of oilseed flax LM 98 (rogue). The area of the accounting plot is 1 m2. Seeding rates are from 5 to 12 million seeds per 1 ha (depending on reproduction).Results. It was found that varietal contamination of flax seeds with rogue in the amount of 0.2–1% did not affect the yield of flax products. In the process of seed reproduction in crops of the OS category, the content of impurity seeds increased by 0.1%, 0.2% and 1% with initial clogging — by 0.2%, 0.4%, 0.7% and 1%. In other variants, it remained at the level of the initial blockage. In the crops of the ES category, a significant increase in the amount of impurity seeds (from 0.5 to 0.9%) was noted, except for the variant with initial clogging (0.2%), where its content remained at the initial level. Based on the research results, it was proposed to reduce the varietal purity of flax seeds in GOST R 52325-2005 for the category «OS» to 99.7%, «ES» — to 99%.