Table 2.

Germination and seedling measured traits of Hordeum vulgare L. seeds react to the water levels application standardized on a scale of 1 mL water intervals.

1 Water mL	2 Germination %	3 Radicle cm	4 Shoot cm	5 Seedling cm	6 Radicle DW g	7 Shoot DW g	8 Seedling DW g	9 Corrected DW g
0	0.0 ± 0.0 f	0.0 ± 0.0 d	0.0 ± 0.0 g	0.0 ± 0.0 e	0.000 ± 0.00 e	0.000 ± 0.00 d	0.000 ± 0.00 d	0.000 ± 0.00 c
1	90.0 ± 12.7 ab	3.0 ± 0.9 bc	0.7 ± 0.1 fg	3.7 ± 0.9 de	0.066 ± 0.02 abcd	0.023 ± 0.01 cd	0.090 ± 0.03 bc	0.099 ± 0.03 b
2	100.0 ± 0.0 a	4.7 ± 2.9 abc	3.1 ± 1.2 def	7.8 ± 4.0 bcd	0.094 ± 0.03 a	0.068 ± 0.03 abc	0.162 ± 0.05 ab	0.162 ± 0.05 ab
3	91.0 ± 5.5 ab	2.2 ± 1.2 cd	1.6 ± 1.4 efg	3.8 ± 2.6 de	0.038 ± 0.02 cd	0.077 ± 0.09 ab	0.115 ± 0.09 abc	0.130 ± 0.11 b
4	97.0 ± 2.7 a	6.8 ± 3.8 a	6.1 ± 3.1 abc	12.9 ± 6.9 ab	0.091 ± 0.05 ab	0.081 ± 0.04 ab	0.171 ± 0.09 a	0.177 ± 0.09 ab
5	84.0 ± 9.6 bc	4.9 ± 3.3 abc	5.8 ± 3.7 abcd	10.7 ± 7.0 abc	0.070 ± 0.04 abcd	0.080 ± 0.04 ab	0.150 ± 0.08 abc	0.174 ± 0.07 ab
6	79.0 ± 8.9 cd	5.4 ± 3.1 ab	5.9 ± 3.1 abc	11.3 ± 6.2 abc	0.063 ± 0.04 abcd	0.075 ± 0.05 ab	0.138 ± 0.09 abc	0.173 ± 0.11 ab
7	83.0 ± 12.0 bc	6.8 ± 2.8 a	7.3 ± 2.3 ab	14.1 ± 5.0 a	0.072 ± 0.04 abc	0.077 ± 0.03 ab	0.149 ± 0.07 abc	0.175 ± 0.06 ab
8	90.0 ± 7.9 ab	5.2 ± 2.6 abc	5.2 ± 2.7 abcd	10.4 ± 5.3 abc	0.059 ± 0.03 bcd	0.064 ± 0.04 abc	0.123 ± 0.07 abc	0.137 ± 0.07 b
9	77.0 ± 4.5 cd	2.9 ± 1.2 bcd	3.6 ± 2.2 cde	6.5 ± 3.3 cd	0.037 ± 0.01 d	0.037 ± 0.02 bcd	0.074 ± 0.04 cd	0.096 ± 0.05 b
10	66.0 ± 13.4 e	6.3 ± 1.8 a	7.9 ± 1.9 a	14.1 ± 3.6 a	0.067 ± 0.02 abcd	0.095 ± 0.03 a	0.162 ± 0.05 ab	0.244 ± 0.04 a
11	60.0 ± 6.1 e	4.1 ± 2.1 abc	4.8 ± 1.7 bcd	8.9 ± 3.8 abcd	0.047 ± 0.02 cd	0.061 ± 0.02 abc	0.109 ± 0.04 abc	0.178 ± 0.05 ab
12	69.0 ± 4.2 de	6.4 ± 0.7 a	0.0 ± 0.0 g	14.0 ± 1.3 a	0.070 ± 0.01 abcd	0.085 ± 0.01 ab	0.154 ± 0.01 ab	0.224 ± 0.02 a
L.S.D *	10.17	2.94	2.74	5.58	0.035	0.049	0.077	0.084

* Different lowercase letters [column] indicate statistically significant disparities in the means [p < 0.05], L.S.D.’s multiple commencing with the latter (a) is the most significant, ¹ water treatment (mL) applied to a 9 cm PD, ² germination percentage of the sprouted seeds proportionate to the total number per treatment, ³ the average length of radicles for the different treatments (cm), ⁴ the average length of shoot for the different treatments (cm), ⁵ the average length of seedlings for the different treatments (cm), ⁶ the dry weight averages of the radicles (g), ⁷ the dry weight averages of the shoots (g), ⁸ the dry weight averages of the seedlings (g), ⁹ the mean of the adjusted dry weight, which excludes the non-germinated seedlings.