Evaluation location: Iowa, United States
Germinations are performed at 20C/30C alternating temperatures with water as the medium. Fifty seeds are put on top of blotters for each of four replications. For Linum species other than usitatissimum, the number of germinated, abnormal, and dormant seeds are counted at 7, 10, and 14 days after placing on blotters. Linum usitatissimum accessions are counted at 3 and 7 days after placing on blotters. >6000 seed pull 200 seed (4x50). <6000 >2100 seed pull 100 seed (4x25). <2100 seed pull no seed for germiation test.