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. 2023 Apr 27;12(9):1792. doi: 10.3390/plants12091792

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.