Table 2.

Effect of seed priming on the nursery seedlings, flowering and maturity time

Nzvi (mg l−1)	Mean emergence time (days)		Final emergence %		Seedling root length (cm)		Seedling shoot length (cm)		Flowering (DAS)		Maturity (DAS)
	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019
0	6.4 ± 0.3a	6.2 ± 0.3a	63.8 ± 4a	64.1 ± 4.1a	8.1 ± 0.2a	7.8 ± 0.3a	34.2 ± 0.6a	33.9 ± 0.6a	94.4 ± 1.1a	95.6 ± 1.5a	130.8 ± 0.8a*	133 ± 0.8a*
10	4.2 ± 0.2b	4.03 ± 0.2b	76.3 ± 1.7b	76.8 ± 1.5b	9.1 ± 0.2b*	8.6 ± 0.3b*	40.1 ± 0.8b	39.6 ± 0.9b	90 ± 1.6b	92.5 ± 2.4a	124.8 ± 0.8*	129.8 ± 3.4*
20	3.3 ± 0.3c	3.1 ± 0.3c	85.6 ± 2.1c	85.9 ± 2.02c	10.34 ± 0.3c	10.02 ± 0.4c	44.7 ± 0.9c	44.4 ± 1.01c	82.8 ± 1.3c	84.4 ± 1.29b	120 ± 1.6c*	123 ± 2.3b*
40	4.3 ± 0.2b	4.04 ± 0.3b	81.24 ± 1.7c	81.6 ± 1.7c	9.1 ± 0.2b*	8.7 ± 0.3b*	42.3 ± 0.7d	41.8 ± 0.8d	85 ± 1.2c	87.2 ± 1.9b	122.6 ± 1.1d*	127 ± 2bc*
80	5.38 ± 0.3d	5.17 ± 0.3d	73.12 ± 2b	73.5 ± 2.1b	8.1 ± 0.2a*	7.7 ± 0.3a*	38.5 ± 0.8e	38.1 ± 0.9e	90.8 ± 1.3b	92.9 ± 2.4a	127.4 ± 0.9e*	130.2 ± 1ac*

Data represents means of 5 replicas and means sharing the same letters in a column do not differ significantly at p ≤ 0.5 according to Tukey’s HSD multiple comparison test. Significant differences between session 2018 and 2019 plants are indicated by symbol ‘*’ as obtained from unpaired t test analysis