Application of Bioactive Coatings Based on Chitosan for Soybean Seed Protection

Table 3

Effects of different treatments on germination abilities.

Treatments	Germination abilities
	GE (%)	GP (%)	GI (%)
1% NP	74.1±1.5c	82.3±1.3c	44.3±0.5c
2% NP	75.9±1.6c	82.9±1.2c	45.8±0.6c
3% NP	78.3±1.8b	88.3±1.2b	46.9±0.8b
4% NP	81.2±1.7a	89.5±1.1a	48.1±0.7c
5% NP	81.9±1.4a	92.5±1.0a	49.7±0.4c
CK	71.9±2.1	79.8±1.5	41.9±0.6

Values are expressed as mean ± standard error. Means with different letters is significance different at 𝑃<0.05.