. 2016 Nov 25;21(12):1590. doi: 10.3390/molecules21121590

Table 1.

Effects of four fungal polysaccharide elicitors WPS, SPS, APS and EPS on the sprout growth of tartary buckwheat.

Treatment	Polysaccharide Concentration (mg/L)	Germination Rate (%)	Sprout Length (cm)	Fresh Weight (g/100 Sprouts)	Dry Weight (g/100 Sprouts)
Control	0	82.67 ± 1.53 ^g^,h,i	12.47 ± 0.15 ^j,k	13.71 ± 0.04 ^h	0.88 ± 0.01 ^f,g,h,i
WPS	50	84.00 ± 1.00 ^f^,g,h	12.57 ± 0.21 ^i,j	14.09 ± 0.12 ^g	0.89 ± 0.01 ^e,f,g,h,i
	100	87.33 ± 1.15 ^d,e	12.87 ± 0.15 ^f,g,h	14.28 ± 0.07 ^f,g	0.91 ± 0.03 ^d,e,f
	150	90.33 ± 1.53 ^c	13.37 ± 0.15 ^e	14.55 ± 0.27 ^e	0.92 ± 0.01 ^c,d,e,f
	200	85.00 ± 1.00 ^e,f,g	12.77 ± 0.15 ^g,h,i	14.23 ± 0.11 ^f,g	0.90 ± 0.01 ^e,f,g,h
	300	81.33 ± 1.15 ⁱ	12.40 ± 0.10 ^j,k,l	13.33 ± 0.09 ⁱ	0.88 ± 0.01 ^f,g,h,i
	400	75.33 ± 1.15 ^k	12.23 ± 0.12 ^k,l	13.14 ± 0.03 ⁱ	0.86 ± 0.01 ^h,i,j
SPS	50	83.67 ± 0.58 ^f,g,h,i	12.57 ± 0.06 ^i,j	14.07 ± 0.04 ^g	0.89 ± 0.01 ^e,f,g,h,i
	100	86.00 ± 1.00 ^d,e,f	12.80 ± 0.10 ^g,h,i	14.25 ± 0.12 ^f,g	0.90 ± 0.01 ^e,f,g,h
	150	82.00 ± 1.00 ^h,i	12.37 ± 0.12 ^j,k,l	13.22 ± 0.04 ⁱ	0.87 ± 0.02 ^g,h,i,j
	200	78.00 ± 2.00 ^j	12.13 ± 0.06 ^l	12.85 ± 0.09 ^j	0.85 ± 0.01 ^i,j
	300	74.33 ± 1.15 ^k	11.47 ± 0.15 ^m	12.35 ± 0.11 ^k	0.83 ± 0.01 ^j,k
	400	69.67 ± 1.53 ^l	10.67 ± 0.12 ⁿ	11.55 ± 0.02 ^l	0.80 ± 0.01 ^k
APS	50	86.00 ± 1.00 ^d,e,f	12.63 ± 0.12 ^h,i,j	14.24 ± 0.13 ^f,g	0.90 ± 0.01 ^e,f,g,h
	100	87.67 ± 2.08 ^d	13.13 ± 0.21 ^e,f	14.27 ± 0.12 ^f,g	0.91 ± 0.01 ^e,f
	150	91.67 ± 1.53 ^b,c	13.77 ± 0.15 ^c,d	15.38 ± 0.13 ^d	0.94 ± 0.02 ^c,d,e
	200	96.33 ± 1.53 ^a	14.53 ± 0.12 ^a	15.95 ± 0.24 ^b	0.99 ± 0.04 ^a,b
	300	90.33 ± 2.52 ^c	13.97 ± 0.15 ^b,c	15.60 ± 0.21 ^c	0.96 ± 0.02 ^b,c,d
	400	85.33 ± 0.58 ^d,e,f	13.63 ± 0.15 ^d	14.69 ± 0.08 ^e	0.92 ± 0.01 ^d,e,f
EPS	50	92.33 ± 1.15 ^b,c	13.00 ± 0.26 ^f,g	14.26 ± 0.12 ^f,g	0.90 ± 0.01 ^e,f,g,h
	100	93.67 ± 1.15 ^b	13.30 ± 0.26 ^e	14.34 ± 0.08 ^f	0.91 ± 0.01 ^d,e,f
	150	97.33 ± 1.15 ^a	14.63 ± 0.15 ^a	16.35 ± 0.09 ^a	1.01 ± 0.08 ^a
	200	92.00 ± 1.00 ^b,c	14.13 ± 0.21 ^b	15.65 ± 0.11 ^c	0.96 ± 0.01 ^b,c
	300	87.00 ± 1.00 ^d,e	12.97 ± 0.21 ^f,g	14.33 ± 0.09 ^f	0.91 ± 0.02 ^e,f,g
	400	84.33 ± 0.58 ^f,g,h	12.57 ± 0.06 ^i,j	14.09 ± 0.08 ^g	0.89 ± 0.02 ^f,g,h,i

Values represent mean ± standard deviation (n = 3). Different letters (i.e., a–n) in each column indicated significant differences among the treatment at p = 0.05 level.