Table 1. Cumulative time (in hours) for the founder populations to reach four distinct phases during germination under no-salt and saline conditions.
Condition | Stage | Accession | Average/hr | SD | P Value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 mM NaCl (no-salt) | Testa rupture | Bs-2 | 11.789 | 0.227 | 0.6211 |
Col-0 | 12.043 | 0.79 | |||
Radicle protrusion | Bs-2 | 25.836 | 0.5 | 0.0011** | |
Col-0 | 23.116 | 0.25 | |||
Cotyledon expansion | Bs-2 | 38.761 | 0.348 | 0.0036** | |
Col-0 | 37.419 | 0.152 | |||
250 mM NaCl (salt) | Testa rupture | Bs-2 | 66.133 | 1.62 | 0.0004*** |
Col-0 | 55.907 | 0.235 | |||
Radicle protrusion | Bs-2 | 124.202 | 1.687 | 0.0085* | |
Col-0 | 106.282 | 6.209 | |||
Cotyledon greening | Bs-2 | 190.125 | 1.957 | 0.0177* | |
Col-0 | 171.707 | 8.846 | |||
Cotyledon expansion | Bs-2 | 214.168 | 0.59 | 0.0016** | |
Col-0 | 191.542 | 5.125 |
P < 0.05; ** P < 0.005; *** P < 0.0005.