Table 3.
Interactive effects of NaCl levels and seed sizes on germination index (GI) of chickpea cultivars after 10 d incubation
| Cultivars | Seed sizes (mm) |
GI |
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| 0.0 dS/m | 4.5 dS/m | 8.6 dS/m | 12.7 dS/m | 16.3 dS/m | ||
| AKN-97 | 7 | 25.0±0.01 | 25.0±0.00 | 18.9±1.96 | 18.1±1.96 | 17.8±1.90 |
| 8 | 23.3±2.42 | 23.3±2.42 | 20.0±0.01 | 18.1±1.96 | 16.6±0.01 | |
| 9 |
20.0±0.01 |
20.0±0.00 |
18.9±1.90 |
13.9±1.04 |
15.3±0.01 |
|
| Gokce | 7 | 33.3±0.01 | 26.1±1.96 | 20.0±0.01 | 25.0±0.01 | 20.0±0.01 |
| 8 | 25.0±0.01 | 21.7±1.91 | 18.9±1.96 | 25.0±0.01 | 16.7±0.01 | |
| 9 |
23.3±2.42 |
20.6±2.42 |
17.8±1.90 |
17.0±1.96 |
13.7±1.04 |
|
| Uzunlu-99 | 7 | 23.3±2.42 | 25.0±0.01 | 27.7±2.42 | 23.3±2.42 | 15.3±1.04 |
| 8 | 23.3±2.82 | 25.0±0.01 | 20.0±0.01 | 20.0±0.01 | 17.8±1.90 | |
| 9 | 20.0±0.01 | 20.6±2.42 | 18.1±1.96 | 18.1±1.91 | 12.1±1.04 | |
Data represent mean±SD of four replicates; LSD=3.82 (P<0.05, df=90)