Influence of Priming Duration on the Performance of Amaranths (Amaranthus cruentus L.) in Sokoto Semiarid Zone of Nigeria

Table 4

Percentage emergence of amaranths as influenced by priming duration during the 2012 cropping season.

Treatments	First trial	Second trial	Combined
Duration (h)
0	79.3	59.7	69.5
2	67.5	69.5	68.5
4	70.3	60.0	65.2
6	74.4	68.5	71.5
8	54.6	56.9	55.8
SE (±)	6.70	6.80	5.80
Significance	ns	ns	ns

Means in a column followed by same letter(s) in a superscript within a treatment group are not significantly different using LSD at 5% level; ns: not significant.