Table 3.

Germination and seedling measured traits of Hordeum vulgare L. seeds react to the water levels application in correlation to the TKW.

1 Wml	2 Wof TKW	3 Germi %	4 Radicle cm	5 Shoot cm	6 Seedling cm	7 Radicle DW g	8 Plumule DW g	9 Seedling DW g	10 Corrected DW g
0.7	90%	0 ± 0.0 e	0.0 ± 0.0 h	0.0 ± 0.0 i	0.0 ± 0.0 k	0.000 ± 0.000 g	0 ± 0.000 h	0 ± 0.000 i	0 ± 0.000 i
1.4	180%	74 ± 8.3 bc	3.1 ± 41.4 g	1.0 ± 0.6 hi	4.1 ± 2.5 jk	0.051 ± 0.029 def	0.021 ± 0.012 gh	0.073 ± 0.041 gh	0.079 ± 0.044 h
2.05	270%	94 ± 1.3 a	5.4 ± 6.5 cdefg	4.2 ± 0.7 fg	9.5 ± 2.6 efghi	0.082 ± 0.024 abcd	0.074 ± 0.020 cd	0.156 ± 0.044 bcde	0.166 ± 0.045 efg
2.75	3605	92 ± 0.5 ab	4.2 ± 2.7 efg	3.2 ± 2.1 gh	7.4 ± 5.2 hij	0.061 ± 0.042 bcde	0.042 ± 0.035 fg	0.104 ± 0.076 efgh	0.113 ± 0.085 gh
3.45	450%	92 ± 1.3 ab	6.5 ± 6.7 abcde	5.7 ± 1.9 cdef	12.2 ± 3.7 cdefg	0.088 ± 0.021 abc	0.076 ± 0.019 cd	0.164 ± 0.039 abcd	0.179 ± 0.041 def
4.15	540%	89 ± 1.5 ab	7.2 ± 7.4 abc	6.4 ± 1.4 bcdef	13.6 ± 4.4 bcde	0.093 ± 0.036 a	0.081 ± 0.018 cd	0.174 ± 0.054 abcd	0.196 ± 0.060 bcde
4.85	630%	79 ± 1.8 abc	3.9 ± 8.9 fg	4.3 ± 2.3 efg	8.2 ± 4.4 ghij	0.048 ± 0.023 ef	0.045 ± 0.025 efg	0.092 ± 0.047 fgh	0.123 ± 0.074 fgh
5.5	720%	85 ± 2.1 abc	6.8 ± 10.6 abcd	6.6 ± 2.0 bcd	13.4 ± 4.2 bcdef	0.081 ± 0.023 abcd	0.080 ± 0.027 cd	0.161 ± 0.049 abcd	0.187 ± 0.048 cde
6.2	810%	84 ± 0.8 abc	9.0 ± 4.2 a	9.2 ± 1.0 a	18.2 ± 2.2 a	0.099 ± 0.007 a	0.109 ± 0.008 ab	0.207 ± 0.015 ab	0.247 ± 0.015 abc
6.9	900%	84 ± 3.3 abc	6.6± 16.4 abcde	7.7 ± 1.2 abc	14.3 ± 1.8 abcd	0.074± 0.010 abcde	0.091± 0.011 bcd	0.165 ± 0.018 abcd	0.201 ± 0.030 bcde
7.6	990%	81 ± 3.6 abc	7.9 ± 17.8 ab	8.5 ± 1.4 ab	16.4 ± 3.4 abc	0.082 ± 0.027 abcd	0.096 ± 0.015 abc	0.177 ± 0.041 abc	0.223± 0.044 abcde
8.25	1080%	80 ± 2.9 abc	7.3 ± 14.6 abc	8.4 ± 1.5 ab	15.7 ± 3.2 abcd	0.090 ± 0.021 ab	0.111 ± 0.020 ab	0.201 ± 0.038 ab	0.255 ± 0.046 ab
8.95	1170%	78 ± 1.1 abc	4.3 ± 5.7 defg	4.6 ± 1.8 defg	8.9 ± 3.0 fghi	0.059 ± 0.018 cde	0.070 ± 0.023 cde	0.129 ± 0.040 cdef	0.165 ± 0.049 efg
9.65	1260%	75 ± 4.1 abc	5.7 ± 20.6 bcdef	6.6 ± 3.1 bcde	12.2 ± 5.4 cdefg	0.060 ± 0.025 bcde	0.065 ± 0.027 def	0.125 ± 0.044 cdefg	0.165 ± 0.024 efg
10.35	1350%	82 ± 2.7 abc	8.2 ± 13.5 ab	9.8 ± 2.4 a	18.0 ± 5.3 ab	0.094 ± 0.037 a	0.121 ± 0.028 a	0.215 ± 0.065 a	0.263 ± 0.072 a
11.05	1440%	52 ± 3.1 d	4.5 ± 15.7 defg	6.9 ± 2.8 bc	11.4± 3.9 defgh	0.052 ± 0.023 def	0.069 ± 0.029 def	0.121 ± 0.051 defg	0.230 ± 0.054 abcd
11.75	15,305	69 ± 4.4 cd	2.8 ± 22.2 g	3.0 ± 0.9 gh	5.9 ± 1.5 ij	0.026 ± 0.004 fg	0.035 ± 0.015 g	0.061 ± 0.019 h	0.095 ± 0.033 h
L.S.D *		19.96	2.57	2.25	4.59	0.031	0.027	0.055	0.062

* 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 water treatment level as a percentage correlated the TKW, ³ germination percentage of the sprouted seeds proportionate to the total number per treatment, ⁴ the average length of radicles for the different treatments (cm), ⁵ the average length of shoot for the different treatments (cm), ⁶ the average length of seedlings for the different treatments (cm), ⁷ the dry weight averages of the radicles (g), ⁸ the dry weight averages of the shoots (g), ⁹ the dry weight averages of the seedlings (g), ¹⁰ the mean of the adjusted dry weight, which excludes the non-germinated seedlings.