The Efficacy of Ultramolecular Aqueous Dilutions on a Wheat Germination Model as a Function of Heat and Aging-Time

Table 1

Effects of As 45× on germination: comparison between non-stressed and stressed seeds.

Non-stressed seeds
	1992/93 [19]		1993/94 [21]		1995/96 [21]
	Germ. rate (%)	Differ. (%)	Germ. rate (%)	Differ. (%)	Germ. rate (%)	Differ. (%)
C	94.6		95.3		93.9
As 45×	96.8	+2.4**	97.1	+1.9**	96.6	+2.8**
Stressed seeds
	1992/93 [19]		1993/94 [21]		1995/96 [21]
	Germ. rate (%)	Differ. (%)	Germ. rate (%)	Differ. (%)	Germ. rate (%)	Differ. (%)
C	n.a.	n.a.	84.8		80.1
As 45×	n.a.	n.a.	90.2	+ 6.4***	89.8	+12.1***

Germ. = germination; Differ. = difference; n.a. = data not available; [19, 21] = references
** P < .01 (Poisson test); ***P < .001 (Poisson test).