. 2022 Feb 14;1:19. Originally published 2021 Mar 24. [Version 3] doi: 10.12688/openreseurope.13317.3

Table 7. Effect of EMS application dose, EMS exposure period and presoaking duration on fresh seedling weight in rice seedling experiment (mg).

EMS application dose (%)	EMS exposure period (h)	Presoaking duration (hours)				Mean
EMS application dose (%)	EMS exposure period (h)	0	6	12	24	Mean
0.0%	6	192.5ab	168.4ag	143.6ai	121.5el	156.5 bd
	12	195.9a	178.0ad	187.1ab	176.0ae	184.3 a
	24	188.5ab	168.9ag	186.1ab	163.2ai	176.7 ab
	48	150.2ai	183.4ac	165.8ah	153.2ai	163.1 ac
Mean		181.8a	174.7ab	170.7ab	153.5b	170.2 A
0.5%	6	123.3dk	110.9hm	177.5ad	118.1gm	132.4 df
	12	33.8no	81.5jn	170.7ag	175.2af	115.3 eg
	24	148.0ai	142.9ai	142.5ai	108.3im	135.4 ce
	48	0.0o	0.0o	0.0o	0.0o	0.0 i
Mean		76.3df	83.8de	122.7c	100.4cd	95.8 B
1%	6	0.0o	128.4cj	147.4ai	145.7ai	105.4 fg
	12	0.0o	150.4ai	120.6fl	138.2bi	102.3 g
	24	0.0o	68.5kn	116.4gm	0.0o	46.2 h
	48	0.0o	0.0o	0.0o	0.0o	0.0 i
Mean		0.0g	86.8de	96.1ce	70.9ef	63.5 C
2%	6	63.0mn	169.7ag	108.3im	139.3bi	120.1 eg
	12	0.0o	0.0o	66.6ln	156.0ai	55.6 h
	24	0.0o	30.0no	109.5im	0.0o	34.9 h
	48	0.0o	0.0o	0.0o	0.0o	0.0 i
Mean		15.8g	49.9f	71.1ef	73.8df	52.6 C
General average		68.4C	98.8B	115.1A	99.7B	95.5
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**: significant at the 1% level; NS: no significant differences. Values followed by the same letter are not statistically significantly different. A: Presoaking duration; A: EMS application dose; a: EMS application dose × EMS exposure period interaction; a: EMS application dose × Presoaking duration; a: Three-way interaction which EMS application Dose × EMS exposure period × Presoaking duration. LSD _dose = 13.8; LSD _Duration= 13.8; LSD _Presoaking = 13.8; LSD _{Dose×Duration}=27.7; LSD _{Dose×Presoaking}=27.7; LSD _{Duration×Presoaking}=27.7; LSD _{Dose×EMSduration×Presoaking}= 55.3; CV (%) = 40.8. CV, coefficient of variation; EMS, ethyl methanesulfonate; LSD, least significant difference.