Table 9.

Root length (mm) of garden-cress seeds, in the presence of water (control) and pomegranate peel extracts (0.003 g/mL).

Extraction Method	Cultivar	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
Control		<5.0	15.0 ± 2.0 a	27.2 ± 3.2 a	36.5 ± 3.4 a	41.0 ± 3.2 a
Conventional	Acco	<5.0	7.5 ± 1.3 b	11.4 ± 2.6 bc	14.6 ± 4.3 bc	17.4 ± 5.7 bc
	Big Full	<5.0	6.5 ± 1.5 b	9.5 ± 0.5 b	12.5 ± 2.3 c	14.6 ± 0.7 b
	Wonderful	<5.0	7.1 ± 0.7 b	11.9 ± 1.7 bc	14.0 ± 1.2 c	15.7 ± 1.4 b
Sonication	Acco	<5.0	7.7 ± 1.1 b	14.3 ± 3.6 c	19.8 ± 5.9 c	23.4 ± 4.8 c
	Big Full	<5.0	7.0 ± 1.1 b	14.3 ± 1.2 c	18.0 ± 2.5 bc	20.7 ± 3.4 bc
	Wonderful	<5.0	7.6 ± 0.4 b	15.2 ± 1.3 c	17.6 ± 1.3 bc	19.0 ± 1.6 bc
p-value		-	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001

Results are expressed as mean values ± standard deviation of 10 replicates of three independent assays (n = 30). One-way ANOVA (p-value < 0.0001). Different small letters in the same column represent statistical differences between extracts and the control on the same day.