Table 3.
Germination ratio and seedling characteristics of rapeseed as a response to the number of seeds per Petri dish.
1SN | 2No g % | 3S % | 4R % | 5SP-Germ % | 6N-Germ % | 7Agg-Value |
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15 | 0.140 ± 0.12 | 0.153 ± 0.02 | 0.007 ± 0.006 | 0.013 ± 0.009 | 0.667 ± 0.03 b | 0.692 ± 0.034 b |
20 | 0.085 ± 0.07 | 0.165 ± 0.02 | 0.005 ± 0.005 | 0.025 ± 0.013 | 0.735 ± 0.03 ab | 0.769 ± 0.024 ab |
25 | 0.072 ± 0.07 | 0.104 ± 0.006 | 0.020 ± 0.009 | 0.008 ± 0.005 | 0.792 ± 0.03 a | 0.813 ± 0.029 a |
LSD | NS | NS | NS | NS | 0.091 | 0.082 |
Different letters indicate a significant difference between treatments at p < 0.05. NS means non-significant difference between the means. Data presented as mean ±SD. 1 Number of seeds tested; 2 percentage of non-germinated seeds; 3 seeds that started germination; 4 percentage of seeds that germinated with obvious roots; 5 percentage of seedlings with short shoots; 6 percentage of seedlings with healthy shoots; 7 aggregated value.