Factor | Treatment | TFG | MGT | T50 |
---|
Storage duration | 3 days | 21.66 ± 0.49a | 34.04 ± 0.75a | 29.6 ± 0.85a |
7 days | 22.66 ± 0.98a | 33.4 ± 0.78a | 37.4 ± 2.04a |
14 days | 27.40 ± 1.20b | 38.57 ± 1.2b | 50.8 ± 2.56b |
21 days | 26.40 ± 0.74b | 36.13 ± 2.39b | NA |
P
-Value
|
0.007
**
|
0.0009
***
|
< 0.0001
***
|
Storage temperature | 25 °C | 23.9 ± 0.82a | 34.34 ± 0.69a | 33.45 ± 2.83a |
10 °C | 21.2 ± 0.38a | 33.56 ± 0.80a | 39.3 ± 1.42a |
4 °C | 24.4 ± 1.24a | 36.91 ± 1.37b | NA |
P
-Value
|
0.27
ns
|
0.008
**
|
0.94
ns
|
- Values are mean ± s.e. and values within columns followed by different letters are significantly different (Tukey HSD test). n = 15 replicates (each replicate having 5–20 seeds) for storage duration and 20 replicates (each having 2–20 seeds) for storage temperature. Notes: TFG: time to first germination; MGT: mean germination time; T50: time to 50% germination. NA: not available (germination percentage less than 50% in the treatment); Values in Bold are probabilities; ns: not significant; **: P < 0.01; ***: P < 0.001