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Flax as an Alternative Grain for Maritime Organic Growers
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OACC. 2007
Increase seeding rate to control weeds in organic flax
OrganicBiz.2017
Specialty Cropportunities - Oilseeds
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2012
Small-scale oilseed production
Rodale Institute. 2012
Scientific Results
Flax (
Linum usitatissimum
L.) production system performance under organic rotational no-till and two organic tilled systems in a cool subhumid continental climate
Soil and Tillage Research (2014) 143: 145-154
The influence of a long-term black medic (
Medicago lupulina
cv. George) cover crop on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization and nutrient uptake in flax (
Linum usitatissimum
) under zero-tillage management
Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2011) 91: 1071-1076
Linseed (
Linum usitatissimum
) as an oil crop in organic farming: abiotic impacts on seed ingredients and yield
Organic Agriculture (2017) 7: 1-19
Mycorrhizal colonization of flax under long-term organic and conventional management
Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2004) 84: 1097-1099
Organic winter oilseed rape response to N fertilisation and preceding agroecosystem
Field Crops Research (2014) 167: 94-101
Row Spacing and Seeding Rate Effects on Canola Population, Weed Competition, and Yield in Winter Organic Canola Production
Agronomy Journal (2016) 108: 2425-2432
For more information about Organic Science Cluster research on organic oilseed production, please see the following Research Activities:
Activity C.33: Novel cultural and mechanical weed control for flax
