. 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	0.00^c	17.89^c ± 2.24	82.11^a ± 3.42	3.55^a ± 0.15	20.41^a ± 1.52
30	5.56^b ± 0.85	22.52^bc ± 2.25	72.22^ab ± 3.36	2.46^b ± 0.18	18.24^a ± 1.84
60	7.26^ab ± 0.64	32.38^b ± 2.36	60.18^bc ± 2.18	2.04^b ± 0.24	17.01^ab ± 1.31
90	9.54^a ± 1.17	40.49^ab ± 3.32	50.07^c ± 2.32	2.75^b ± 0.15	15.27^b ± 1.33
120	10.15^a ± 1.12	48.01^a ± 2.41	42.23^c ± 2.38	2.84^b ± 0.16	14.37^b ± 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.