TABLE 4: ADDITIONAL DETERMINATIONS ON SEEDS WHICH
FAILED TO GERMINATE AT 7.5°C IN EXPERIMENT 2
|
|
|
SEED LOT |
|
|
CHARACTERISTIC |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
1. Seeds inhibited by low temperature in Expt 2 (%) |
13.5 |
21.5 |
9.0 |
13.0 |
14.0 |
2. Empty & shrivelled seeds (%) |
2.0 |
7.0 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
5.5 |
3. Maximum potential germination (100 - % empty & shrivelled seeds) |
98.0 |
93.0 |
99.5 |
99 |
96.5 |
4. Other ungerminated seeds in Expt 2 |
2.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
5.0 |
19.5 |
5. Summed germination, (7.5°C + standard temperatures) in Expt 2 (%) |
96 |
85 |
91.5 |
94 |
75 |