. 2022 Dec 22;8(12):e12506. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12506

Table 2.

Seed quality of emmer wheat as affected by stored in different bags for nine months.

Storage bags	Storage periods	Seed quality
Storage bags	Storage periods	Germination (%)	Speed of germination	Vigour index (mg %)	Thousand seed weight (g)	Seed bulk density (kg/m³)
PPE	Initial day	98^a	29^a	4195^a	60.2^a	123^a
	Month 3	97^ab	30.8^bcd	3117ⁿ	54^c	121.5^a
	Month 6	86.5^ef	30.1^bcd	3252^k	42.7^d	115.5^cd
	Month 9	72.5^gh	35^a	2740^q	32^g	102^f
PB	Initial day	98^a	29^a	4195^a	60.2^a	123^a
	Month 3	95.5^abc	31^bcd	3084°	59.5^a	122.5^a
	Month 6	88.5^def	29^d	3309j	43^e	118^bc
	Month 9	80.5^f	34.5^a	2778^p	39^f	103^f
GPB	Initial day	98^a	29^a	4195^a	60.2^a	123^a
	Month 3	98^a	30.5^bcd	4193^a	60^a	120.5^ab
	Month 6	91^bc	29.4^bcd	3713^e	57^b	114^de
	Month 9	87^ef	30.1^bcd	3590^h	53^d	104.5^f
PPBFC (0.25% (w/w))	Initial day	98^a	29^a	4195^a	60.2^a	123^a
	Month 3	96^a	30.7^a	3925^b	54^b	119.5^ab
	Month 6	95^ab	29.3^bc	3710^cd	48^bc	113^de
	Month 9	94^abc	30.1^ab	3840^bc	43.2^cd	104^f
PPBTX (1% (w/w))	Initial day	98^a	29^a	4195^a	60.2^a	123^a
	Month 3	95^abc	28.1^bc	5001^a	40^de	118^bc
	Month 6	93.5^bcd	29.4^ab	3941^b	44^cd	112^e
	Month 9	90^ef	27.5^bcd	3788^cd	37^f	98^g
CV (%)		1.1	3	2.1	0.9	0.7
P-value	Storage period	<.0001	0.0003	<.0001	<.0001	<.0001
	Storage materials	<.0001	0.0193	<.0001	<.0001	<.0001
	Storage period ∗ storage materials	0.002	0.003	<.0001	<.0001	<.0001

Means followed by the same letters within column are not significantly different (P > 0.05) by Tukey's test.

Vales are the mean of three observations; PPB = Polypropylene bag; PB = PICS bag; GPB = Grainpro bag; PPBFC = Emmer wheat treated with 0.25% (w/w) filter cake and stored in Polypropylene bags; PPBTX = Emmer wheat treated with 1% (w/w) triplex and stored in Polypropylene bags.