Table 3.
The average hatching time and holding period of white, blue, green, and no light treatment incubation.
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Hatch performance | NL | WL | BL | GL | SEM | P vale |
Hatching time (h) | 481.8c | 489.1a | 484.9bc | 487.3ab | 0.69 | 0.001 |
Holding period (h) | 20.2a | 13.0c | 17.1ab | 14.7bc | 0.69 | 0.001 |
Abbreviations: BL, monochromatic blue light (455 nm/447.5–462.5 nm); GL, monochromatic green light (525 nm/515–535 nm); NL, no light; WL, 4,000 K white light (380–780 nm).
Different lowercase letters represent significant difference within a row at P < 0.05.