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Table 3.

Determination of carbohydrate and protein contents of the sink and float seeds of P. amarus collected from different localities

S. no.	Code	Percentage of		Germination % of		Total carbohydrates (%)		Total proteins (%)		Seedlings Length (cm)
S. no.	Code	Sinkers	Floaters	Sinkers	Floaters	Sinkers	Floaters	Sinkers	Floaters	Above	Below
1	CHE	51.7 ± 0.6	48.3 ± 0.6	26.3 ± 2.3	5.0 ± 1.0	57 ± 0.34^a	41 ± 0.24^a	10 ± 0.01^f	6 ± 0.03^de	22.2 ± 0.8^e	6.0 ± 0.41^g
2	CBE	56.3 ± 0.6	43.7 ± 0.6	23.3 ± 0.6	4.3 ± 1.5	25 ± 0.15^e	18 ± 0.12^de	14 ± 0.07^cf	8 ± 0.03^c	37.2 ± 2.2^cd	6.9 ± 0.38^fg
3	DHA	58.3 ± 0.6	42.0 ± 1.0	25.0 ± 3.6	5.3 ± 0.6	47 ± 0.18^bc	26 ± 0.01^c	16 ± 0.09^b	5 ± 0.04^ef	38.6 ± 3.2^bcd	14.4 ± 0.86^a
4	ERO	59.3 ± 0.6	40.7 ± 0.6	23.0 ± 2.0	5.0 ± 1.0	31 ± 0.22^e	21 ± 0.09^d	13 ± 0.06^de	7 ± 0.02^cd	45.8 ± 3.2^a	7.9 ± 0.26^ef
5	KAR	59.0 ± 1.0	41.0 ± 1.0	22.7 ± 1.2	4.3 ± 0.6	45 ± 0.14^cd	35 ± 0.25^b	8 ± 0.02^g	4 ± 0.03^f	40.5 ± 1.9^abcd	8.2 ± 0.36^def
6	NAM	61.3 ± 0.6	38.7 ± 0.6	28.3 ± 1.2	6.0 ± 1.0	52 ± 0.36^ab	38 ± 0.13^ab	11 ± 0.07^f	6 ± 0.03^de	44.2 ± 1.7^ab	11.4 ± 0.44^b
7	SAL	59.0 ± 0.0	41.0 ± 0.0	23.7 ± 3.1	4.3 ± 1.5	48 ± 0.31^bc	29 ± 0.16^c	11 ± 0.06^ef	11 ± 0.08^b	33.8 ± 1.9^d	8.9 ± 0.13^cde
8	THA	60.3 ± 0.6	39.7 ± 0.6	22.0 ± 2.0	5.3 ± 0.6	38 ± 0.22^d	21 ± 0.14^d	15 ± 0.02^bc	12 ± 0.10^a	39.2 ± 3.4^abcd	7.1 ± 0.47^fg
9	THE	56.0 ± 0.0	44.0 ± 0.0	24.0 ± 3.6	5.7 ± 1.2	24 ± 0.16^e	16 ± 0.06^e	19 ± 0.11^a	7 ± 0.05^c^d	36.4 ± 1.9^d	9.5 ± 0.50^c
10	TIR	56.7 ± 0.6	43.3 ± 0.6	26.0 ± 2.7	5.3 ± 0.6	26 ± 0.21^e	15 ± 0.09^e	17 ± 0.11^ab	11 ± 0.07^ab	43.5 ± 2.5^abc	9.5 ± 0.62^cd

Values followed by different lowercase letters in a column are significantly different (P < 0.05) among population’s location

Means with the same letter are not significantly different

CHE Chennai, CBE Coimbatore, DHA Dharmapuri, ERO Erode, KAR Karur, NAM Namakkal, SAL Salem, THA Thanjavur, THE Theni, TIR Tiruppur