Table 2.

Initial embryo quality score recorded before starting germination treatment.

Category	Initial embryo score
Good quality: Slim hypocotyl, minimum two cotyledons	9 = Hypocotyl longer or equal to 6.0 mm
	8 = Hypocotyl 4.0-5.99 mm
	7 = Hypocotyl less than or equal to 3.99 mm
Medium quality: Slightly swollen hypocotyl, minimum two cotyledons	6 = Hypocotyl longer or equal to 4.0 mm
	5 = Hypocotyl 2.0-3.99 mm
	4 = Hypocotyl less than or equal to 1.99 mm
Poor quality: Embryos deformed	3 = Looks like an embryo, but too many cotyledons, swollen hypocotyl, small and bent
	2 = Only long hypocotyl, either straight, bent or shrimp-like
	1 = Deformed embryos, cotyledons grow from center of hypocotyl, cotyledons deformed