YIELD, YIELD COMPONENTS, QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND YIELD ANALYSIS FOR SOME LOCAL AND INTRODUCED FLAX VARIETES UNDER TWO DIFFERENT RETTING METHODS

T Two field experiments carried out at the Experimental Farm of EL-Gemmiza Agricultural Research Station in EL-Gharbia Governorate, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Egypt, during the successive winter seasons of 2019/2020 and 2020/2021. The objective was to evaluate yield, yield components, quality, and yield analysis of several local and introduced flax varieties, specifically Sakha 1, Sakha 2, Sakha 3, Giza 9, Giza 10, Giza 11, and Giza 12 (local varieties), as well as Evona, Lezeta, and Ariane (introduced varieties), utilizing two retting methods: still water retting (traditional method) and running water retting. The experimental design employed a randomized complete block design with four replicates in the field experiment. Following harvest, twenty combinations of ten tested flax varieties and two retting methods were arranged in a split plot design, with the retting methods assigned to the main plots and the flax varieties distributed in the subplots. The simple correlation coefficient and path coefficient analysis among straw, seed, and fiber yields, along with several of their contributing traits, were evaluated. The principal findings, averaged over the two seasons, can be encapsulated as follows: