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

Table 2

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

Treatments	First trial	Second trial	Combined
Duration (h)
0	72.3	68.3^b	70.3^b
2	76.9	82.1^a	79.5^a
4	78.3	84.5^a	81.5^a
6	78.5	80.4^a	79.5^a
8	76.7	84.2^a	80.4^a
SE (±)	2.63	2.44	1.97
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.