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

Table 1

Days to 50% germination of amaranths as influenced by priming duration during the 2012 cropping season.

Treatments	First trial	Second trial	Combined
Duration (h)
0	2.3	4.0^a	3.2^a
2	1.9	2.5^b	2.2^b
4	1.9	2.1^b	2.0^b
6	1.9	2.8^b	2.3^b
8	2.1	2.0^b	2.0^b
SE (±)	0.14	0.32	0.19
Significance	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; *: significant.