Table 3.
The influence of different seed priming agents and duration of seed priming on stand establishment traits of Stevia.
| Seed priming agents | Seed priming duration (hours) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 32 | |
| Seedling emergence percentage | |||||
| Control | 10.11 mn | 8.05 no | 8.97 mn | 9.66 mn | 6.44 o |
| Hydropriming | 13.56 l | 22.07 ij | 41.84 e | 46.90 d | 52.41 c |
| Ascorbic acid priming | 10.57 m | 19.31 k | 23.45 hi | 29.89 fg | 31.49 f |
| BAP priming | 19.77 jk | 24.60 h | 45.52 d | 51.26 c | 60.00 ab |
| KCl priming | 19.08 k | 28.97 g | 32.18 f | 57.70 b | 62.30 a |
| LSD 0.05 | 2.32 | ||||
| Mean emergence time (days) | |||||
| Control | 13.27 c | 13.71 b | 13.70 b | 13.57 b | 14.07 a |
| Hydropriming | 13.36 c | 12.44 g | 12.46 fg | 12.28 h | 12.01 j |
| Ascorbic acid priming | 13.02 d | 12.71 e | 12.52 fg | 12.20 hi | 12.15 hi |
| BAP priming | 13.07 d | 12.69 e | 12.59 ef | 12.46 fg | 12.19 hi |
| KCl priming | 12.57 efg | 12.19 hi | 12.24 hi | 12.19 hi | 12.13 ij |
| LSD 0.05 | 0.14 | ||||
| Time to complete 50% emergence (days) | |||||
| Control | 12.94 d | 13.28 b | 13.32 b | 13.18 bc | 13.60 a |
| Hydropriming | 13.10 c | 12.33 fg | 12.30 fg | 12.29 g | 11.90 i |
| Ascorbic acid priming | 12.84 de | 12.43 fg | 12.30 fg | 11.97 hi | 11.92 hi |
| BAP priming | 12.72 e | 12.42 fg | 12.45 f | 12.33 fg | 12.06 h |
| KCl priming | 12.32 fg | 11.92 hi | 12.01 hi | 12.04 hi | 12.01 hi |
| LSD 0.05 | 0.15 | ||||
| Mean daily germination (seeds) | |||||
| Control | 0.67 mn | 0.54 no | 0.60 mn | 0.64 mn | 0.43 o |
| Hydropriming | 0.90 l | 1.47 ij | 2.79 e | 3.13 d | 3.49 c |
| Ascorbic acid priming | 0.70 m | 1.29 k | 1.56 hi | 1.99 fg | 2.10 f |
| BAP priming | 1.32 jk | 1.64 h | 3.03 d | 3.42 c | 4.00 ab |
| KCl priming | 1.27 k | 1.93 g | 2.15 f | 3.85 b | 4.15 a |
| LSD 0.05 | 0.16 | ||||
Means sharing same letters within a column or row are statistically similar (p > 0.05).