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Table 3 Effect of Green tea extract priming treatments on germination parameters in wheat seedlings under salt stress

From: Nanopriming-mediated memory imprints reduce salt toxicity in wheat seedlings by modulating physiobiochemical attributes

Germination Parameters

Treatments

Non- Stress

Under Salt Stress (150 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

  1. Mean values of three replicates presented. Within a column, means sharing the same letters are non-significantly different (P > 0.05 and P > 0.01) according to the Tukey’s Test (HSD)