Table 2.

Changes of endogenous hormones in the control and GA₃-treated P. notoginseng seeds during after-ripening process

Endogenous hormone (ng/g)	Time (d)	Sample
		CK	GA3 50 mg/L	GA3 500 mg/L
GA3	0	0.432 ± 0.078	4.006 ± 0.358	27.851 ± 2.118*
	30	0.197 ± 0.059	2.914 ± 2.582	15.118 ± 2.277*
	50	0.293 ± 0.244	0.788 ± 0.073	9.100 ± 0.948*
ABA	0	0.250 ± 0.045	0.228 ± 0.044	1.050 ± 0.474
	30	0.154 ± 0.013	0.154 ± 0.023	0.182 ± 0.016
	50	0.116 ± 0.026	0.105 ± 0.007	0.102 ± 0.007
IAA	0	20.465 ± 1.548	19.608 ± 1.091	19.756 ± 1.652
	30	12.695 ± 1.106	13.513 ± 2.230	11.191 ± 0.930
	50	7.108 ± 2.390	7.812 ± 1.471	8.167 ± 1.464

The values are means ± SD(n = 3)

^*P < 0.05, significant differences between the control and GA₃ treatments