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. 2022 Oct 23;11(21):2819. doi: 10.3390/plants11212819

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
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.