Table 4.
The mean values of number of days to emergence (day) and emergence percent (%) of lovage seeds as affected with melatonin treatments in both seasons.
| Concentrations (µM) | Number of days to emergence (day) |
Emergence percent (%) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First season | Second season | First season | Second season | |
| Without soaking | 13.00 ± 1.00 a* | 13.33 ± 0.58 a | 56.67 ± 5.77 c | 53.33 ± 11.55 c |
| 0 | 8.93 ± 0.61b | 8.33 ± 0.58 b | 73.33 ± 5.42 b | 73.33 ± 5.76 b |
| 75 | 6.80 ± 0.80 c | 7.33 ± 0.54 bc | 86.67 ± 6.11 a | 86.67 ± 5.81 a |
| 100 | 5.13 ± 0.50 d | 6.67 ± 0.57 c | 76.67 ± 5.67 ab | 80.00 ± 0.0 ab |
*
Means followed by the same letter are not significantly different by the protected LSD, P ≤ 0.05. Data are means value ± SE (n = 3).