Germination Parameters | Treatments | |||||||||
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Non- Stress | Under Salt Stress (150Â mM NaCl) | |||||||||
Control | Hydro-priming | 0.02%Green Tea Extract Priming | 0.04%Green Tea Extract Priming | 0.06%Green Tea Extract Priming | Control | Hydro-priming | 0.02%Green Tea Extract Priming | 0.04%Green Tea Extract Priming | 0.06%Green Tea Extract Priming | |
Final Germination Percentage (%) | 90 ± 0.082 b | 95 ± 0.732 b | 98 ± 0.786 a | 100 ± 0.082 a | 100 ± 0.333 a | 80 ± 0.028 c | 90 ± 0.082 b | 98 ± 2.728 a | 97 ± 0.631 a | 100 ± 0.082 a |
Mean Germination Time (hours) | 56.425 ± 0.040 a | 56.379 ± 0.039 a | 52.341 ± 0.062 f | 53.139 ± 0.045 e | 54.754 ± 0.006 c | 55.589 ± 0.001 b | 53.848 ± 0.009 d | 53.124 ± 0.030 e | 53.940 ± 0.023 d | 53.944 ± 0.005d |
Germination Energy | 10 ± 0.333 b | 10 ± 0.333 a | 10 ± 0.333 b | 11 ± 0.577 b | 10 ± 0.333 b | 10 ± 0.333 b | 10 ± 0.027 b | 10 ± 0.074 b | 10 ± 0.015 b | 10 ± 0.012 b |
Germination index | 13.859 ± 0.015 f | 14.109 ± 0.059 ef | 17.305 ± 0.035 a | 16.338 ± 0.061 b | 14.759 ± 0.102 d | 14.334 ± 0.001 e | 15.667 ± 0.166 c | 16.337 ± 0.004 b | 15.330 ± 0.004 c | 15.338 ± 0.009 c |
Vigor index | 1.114 ± 0.012 g | 1.114 ± 0.009 g | 1.167 ± 0.009 f | 1.267 ± 0.009 e | 1.430 ± 0.006 c | 1.457 ± 0.012 c | 1.523 ± 0.009 b | 1.567 ± 0.009 b | 1.527 ± 0.012 b | 1.637 ± 0.009 a |