Table 2.
Interaction effects of clove topping, cold storage duration, and GA3 on days to emergence and maturity.
| Storage | Topping | Whole clove | Topped clove | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA3 (mg/l) | DE | DM | DE | DM | |
| Ambient temperature | 0 | 38.00a | 153.66f | 30.50bc | 150.66g |
| 125 | 37.33a | 153.66f | 30.50bc | 168.83a | |
| 250 | 32.16b | 156.50e | 32.16b | 168.83a | |
| 375 | 32.16b | 156.50e | 32.16b | 168.83a | |
| Cold storage (days) | |||||
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| 10 | 0 | 30.66bc | 150.66g | 28.50de | 144.16i |
| 125 | 30.33b-d | 150.66g | 29.00cd | 165.83b | |
| 250 | 29.00cd | 150.66g | 29.00cd | 165.83b | |
| 375 | 29.00cd | 150.66g | 29.16cd | 165.83b | |
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| 20 | 0 | 26.66ef | 144.33i | 22.50g | 137.83l |
| 125 | 26.66ef | 144.33i | 22.50g | 163.00c | |
| 250 | 26.16f | 147.33h | 22.16gh | 163.00c | |
| 375 | 26.66ef | 144.66i | 23.00g | 163.00c | |
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| 30 | 0 | 23.83g | 139.50kl | 19.16i | 134.16m |
| 125 | 26.00f | 140.50jk | 20.50hi | 159.33d | |
| 250 | 26.00f | 141.50j | 20.50hi | 159.33d | |
| 375 | 26.00f | 141.50j | 20.50hi | 159.33d | |
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| Overall mean | Topping | 29.16 | 147.91 | 25.74 | 158.61 |
| Ambient | 34.91 | 155.08 | 31.33 | 164.28 | |
| Cold storage | 27.25 | 145.52 | 23.87 | 156.72 | |
| Nonsoaked | 29.78 | 147.04 | 25.16 | 141.70 | |
| GA3 soaked | 28.95 | 148.20 | 25.93 | 164.25 | |
Means with different letter(s) in columns have significant differences according to DMRT at 5% probability level, and DE = days to emergence and DM = days to maturity.