Table 3.
Spearman rank correlation of germination and establishment percentages at different preconditionings with the longitude of origin of the accessions and seed length and width
| Longitude of origin correlated with: |
Seed width correlated with: |
Seed length correlated with: |
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| Percentage germination after 14 °C preconditioning | Percentage establishment after 14 °C preconditioning | Percentage germination after 22 °C preconditioning | Percentage establishment after 22 °C preconditioning | Percentage germination after 22 °C preconditioning | Percentage establishment after 22 °C preconditioning | |
| 10 °C treatment | −0.405*** | −0·411*** | 0·488** | 0·491** | 0·104 | 0·193 |
| 18 °C treatment | −0·365** | −0·364** | 0·489** | 0·414 | 0·354* | 0·348 |
| 26 °C treatment | −0·06 | 0·028 | −0·219 | −0·089 | 0·297 | 0·331 |
| All treatments | −0·240*** | −0·240*** | 0·275** | 0·304*** | 0·237* | 0·282** |
Significant at *5 % level, **1 % level, ***0.1 % level.