Table 1.

Statistical information about corm numbers, dry and wet stigma weights.

Tests	Statistical values	Types of Treatment of Saffron Corms
		Control	Polystimulin	Biohumus	EM	EM+Biohumus
Corm Numbers	Avg.	2.07 A	2.41 B	2.50 BC	2.49 BC	2.59 C
	± s	0.952	0.948	0.941	0.978	1.023
	s2	0.908	0.900	0.887	0.958	1.047
	V	46.04	38.09	37.66	40.62	39.60
	N	300	300	300	300	300
Wet Weight of Stigmas	Avg.	2.96 A	3.01 B	3.02 B	3.05 C	3.09 D
	± s	0.076	0.075	0.045	0.056	0.078
	s2	0.006	0.006	0.002	0.003	0.006
	V	2.56	2.49	1.49	1.84	2.53
	N	300	300	300	300	300
Dry Weight of Stigmas	Avg.	1.49 A	1.61 B	1.59 B	1.77 C	1.86 D
	± s	0.201	0.119	0.245	0.203	0.236
	s2	0.040	0.014	0.060	0.041	0.056
	V	13.47	7.43	15.37	11.50	12.67
	N	300	300	300	300	300

Avg, average; ±s, standard deviation; s², variance, V, coefficient of variation, N, number of samples used in each test; *p<0,05. Homogeneity groups: same letters in each column indicate that there is no statistical difference between the samples according to the Duncan’s multiply range test.