Table 2.

First germination count (FGC), germination test (G), and germination speed index (GSI) of rice seeds, cv. BRS Querência and cv. Brilhante in response to conditioning on carrot extract and low temperature.

	Cultivars	25 °C	25 °C
		Control	Carrot extract (%)
			0	25	50	100
FGC (%)	BRS Querência	80 ± 1.4 Ba	17 ± 2.8 Bd	31 ± 6.0 Bbc	24 ± 2.0 Bcd	34 ± 4.1 Bb
	Brilhante	89 ± 3.4 Aa	23 ± 3.0 Ac	72 ± 6.6 Ab	75 ± 3.0 Ab	77 ± 1.4 Ab
	CV (%)	7.8
G (%)	BRS Querência	90 ± 6.3 Aa	37 ± 8.0 Bc	67 ± 6.4 Bb	72 ± 4.6 Bb	69 ± 3.8 Bb
	Brilhante	92 ± 3.0 Aa	64 ± 4.7 Ab	88 ± 4.3 Aa	89 ± 3.0 Aa	91 ± 4.8 Aa
	CV (%)	6.1
GSI	BRS Querência	34 ± 0.7 Ba	3.3 ± 0.17 Bc	6.1 ± 0.2 Bb	6.2 ± 0.4 Bb	6.3 ± 0.6 Bb
	Brilhante	54 ± 1.9 Aa	5.4 ± 0.45 Ac	10.1 ± 0.6 Ab	10.0 ± 0.4 Ab	11 ± 0.6 Ab
	CV (%)	6.0

Means followed by the same letter, upper case in the column and lower case in the row, do not differ by Tukey's test (P ≤ 0.05).

CV coefficient of variation,  ± SD standard deviation.