Table 1.

Analysis of variance of the effect of gamma irradiation and different seed moisture contents on some morphological, biochemical and molecular aspects of bread wheat.

PPO exp	PPO	POD exp	POD	CAT exp	CAT	RL	SL	RDW	SDW	RFW	SFW	SEL	SSP	Gmax	df	Source
0.02**	0.11**	0.44**	1.16**	69.34**	1.75**	4.87 ns	0.18 ns	0.003 ns	0.032 ns	6.23**	6.29**	251.67**	1415.29**	61.02**	2	Moisture
1.43**	0.25**	1.23**	0.94**	43.30**	4.67**	79.73**	83.31**	0.015**	0.016**	0.95**	0.85**	578.03**	1940.56**	55.77**	4	Gama
0.03**	0.15**	0.20**	0.16**	37.28**	1.31**	4.01 ns	11.18 ns	0.005 ns	0.004 ns	0.62**	0.27**	17.49**	670.50**	62.86**	8	Moisture $\times$ Gama
0.002	0.003	0.002	0.003	0.04	0.009	4.60	6.69	0.002	0.003	0.17	0.08	1.03	20.46	18.02	30	Error
16.67	7.54	13.12	8.67	10.85	8.52	30.33	21.69	33.90	25.66	33.35	17.93	3.53	7.50	4.61		CV

Gmax maximum germination percent, SSP seedling survival percent, SEL seedling length, SFW stem fresh weight, RFW root fresh weight, SDW stem dry weight, RDW root dry weight, SL stem length, RL root length, CAT catalase activity, CAT exp relative expression of catalase gene, POD peroxidase activity, POD exp relative expression of peroxidase gene, PPO polyphenol oxidase activity, PPO exp relative expression of polyphenol oxidase gene, ns non-significant.

**,*Significant at 1% and 5% levels of probability, respectively.