Table 6.
Analyses of germination inertia and viability loss for F. albida, A. nilotica, P. reticulatum and B. rufescens seeds using the control data (one-way ANOVA at significance level, α = 0.05)
| Analyses of germination inertia | Analyses of viability loss | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tree | Viability [%] | * GI [%] | ** GC [%] | *** Mean | StDev | P-value | Viability loss [%] | *** Mean | StDev | P-value |
| F. albida | 93 | 13.3 | 81.5 | 40.75 a | 2.87 | 0.000 | 6 | 15.50 c | 0.816 | 0.000 |
| A. nilotica | 68 | 98.5 | 2 | 1.00 c | 0.00 | 32 | 15.00 a | 1.291 | ||
| P. reticulatum | 70 | 94.3 | 4 | 2.00 c | 1.83 | 30 | 9.75 a | 2.45 | ||
| B. rufescens | 80.5 | 49.1 | 41 | 20.50 b | 2.38 | 19.5 | 3.00 b | 0.957 | ||
GI – germination inertia,
GC – germination capacity;
means that do not share a letter are significantly different