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

Table 3

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

Treatments	First trial	Second trial	Combined
Duration (h)
0	5.7^a	2.7	4.17
2	3.3^b	2.7	3.0
4	3.1^b	2.8	3.0
6	2.8^b	3.8	3.3
8	5.8^a	2.9	4.3
SE (±)	0.43	0.46	0.43
Significance	*	ns	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.