TABLE 3: MEAN GERMINATION TIMES (DAYS), IN SIX EXPERIMENTS
KEY 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 |
3.06 |
3.71 |
2.57 |
2.34 |
6.23 |
0.283 |
0.616 |
*** |
||
2. Constant 7.5°C |
11.00 |
12.54 |
9.78 |
9.28 |
16.85 |
0.639 |
1.390 |
*** |
||
3(i). Advanced, standard temperatures |
2.15 |
2.79 |
- |
- |
4.94 |
0.216 |
0.528 |
*** |
||
3(ii). Advanced, constant
7.5°C. |
3.61 |
4.24 |
4.36 |
4.21 |
7.29 |
0.248 |
0.540 |
*** |
||
4. GA3 in petri-dish |
2.43 |
3.30 |
2.29 |
2.42 |
6.37 |
0.316 |
0.688 |
*** |
||
5. GA3 Advanced, standard
temperatures |
1.37 |
2.18 |
- |
- |
3.70 |
0.134 |
0.327 |
*** |