TABLE 2: FINAL GERMINATION PERCENTAGES IN SIX EXPERIMENTS
KEY
P = 0.05 *, P = 0.01 **, P = 0.001 ***;
SIGNIFICANCE
LEVEL: SL;
LEAST
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE: LSD; STANDARD
ERROR DIFFERENCE: SED.
EXPERIMENT |
|
|
SEED
LOT |
|
SED |
LSD |
SL |
||
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
P
= 0.05 |
|
|
1. Standard test |
97.5 |
84.0 |
93.0 |
95.0 |
65.0 |
2.63 |
5.72 |
*** |
|
2. Constant 7.5°C |
82.5 |
63.5 |
82.5 |
81.0 |
61.0 |
5.24 |
11.43 |
*** |
|
3(i). Advanced, standard temperatures |
95.0 |
88.5 |
- |
- |
82.0 |
2.74 |
7.75 |
** |
|
3(ii). Advanced, constant
7.5°C. |
93.5 |
78.5 |
95.0 |
92.5 |
76.0 |
4.89 |
10.65 |
** |
|
4. GA3 in petri-dish |
93.0 |
83.0 |
96.5 |
97.5 |
79.0 |
2.49 |
5.42 |
*** |
|
5. GA3 Advanced, standard
temperatures |
95.5 |
88.0 |
- |
- |
81.0 |
4.10 |
10.01 |
* |