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. 2014 Jul 23;2014:854093. doi: 10.1155/2014/854093

Table 1.

Effect of gamma irradiation on growth stages of Onobrychis viciifolia seeds after 4 weeks.

Gamma irradiation (Gy) Non-growing (%) Necrosis
(%)
Shooting
(%)
Mean number of shoots Germination speed
Control 0.00c 17.89c  ±  2.24 82.11a  ±  3.42 3.55a  ±  0.15 20.41a  ±  1.52
30 5.56b  ±  0.85 22.52bc  ±  2.25 72.22ab  ±  3.36 2.46b  ±  0.18 18.24a  ±  1.84
60 7.26ab  ±  0.64 32.38b  ±  2.36 60.18bc  ±  2.18 2.04b  ±  0.24 17.01ab  ±  1.31
90 9.54a  ±  1.17 40.49ab  ±  3.32 50.07c  ±  2.32 2.75b  ±  0.15 15.27b  ±  1.33
120 10.15a  ±  1.12 48.01a  ±  2.41 42.23c  ±  2.38 2.84b  ±  0.16 14.37b  ±  1.65

The means of samples with the same small letters were not significantly different as per Duncan's multirange test at P < 0.05.