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Cyclic production of capsules in flax
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California Agriculture 18(5):13-14.
Published May 01, 1964
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Abstract
Experiments in the Imperial Valley con- firmed that flax does not produce blooms and capsules continuously but in distinct, successive cycles. Even in a high-yielding field of flax only a small proportion of mature capsules were found to have the full complement of ten seeds.