The Effect of Seed Sources Variation and Presowing Treatments on the Seed Germination of Acacia catechu and Elaeocarpus floribundus Species in Bangladesh

Table 4

Summary of probabilities (P) of variation in seed source, presowing methods effects, and their interaction with different aspects of seed germination of Acacia catechu and Elaeocarpus floribundus at nursery stage.

Source	Aspect	Acacia catechu	Elaeocarpus floribundus
		P value	𝑃 value
Seed source effects (L)	Germination starting date (d)	0.5173	0.8162
	Germination closing date (d)	0.4291	0.6381
	Total germination period (d)	0.9062	0.5327
	Germination percentage (%)	0.5389	0.9402
	Rate of germination	0.7614	0.6183
Presowing methods effects (S)	Germination starting date (d)	0.1683	0.0843
	Germination closing date (d)	0.0027***	0.0015***
	Total germination period (d)	0.0392***	0.2361
	Germination percentage (%)	0.0001***	0.0001***
	Rate of germination	0.3562	0.0217***
Interaction (S × L)	Germination starting date (d)	0.0935	0.0005***
	Germination closing date (d)	0.0252***	0.0618
	Total germination period (d)	0.1083	0.3816
	Germination percentage (%)	0.0001***	0.0001***
	Rate of germination	0.2681	0.0495***

^∗∗∗𝑃<0.05.