Effect of Priming and Seed Size on Germination and Emergence of Six Food-Type Soybean Varieties
Table 2
(a) Percentage of germination of soybean variety affected by water priming duration and variety under laboratory temperatures 24 hours after start of experiment. (b) Percentage of germination of soybean variety affected by variety and nitrogen fertilizer application laboratory temperatures 24 hours after start of experiment. (c) Percentage of germination of soybean variety affected by variety and nitrogen fertilizer application laboratory temperatures 48 and 72 hours after start of experiment.
(a)
Hydropriming duration (hours)
Seed size class
Variety
0 (none)
5
10
%
Small
MFS-561
3.6fghi
24.2c
83.7a
Small
V08-4773
4.9efg
7.8de
61.8a
Medium
V03-4705
2.2ij
4.4fgh
34.8bc
Medium
Glenn
4.0fgh
9.6d
52.0ab
Large
V07-1897
2.0j
5.4ef
26.5c
Large
MFL-159
2.8hij
3.0ghij
30.4c
Numbers followed by a similar letter are not statistically different ().
(b)
Nitrogen status
−N
+N
Small
MFS-561
31.4a
12.1b
Small
V08-4773
24.7a
7.2cd
Medium
V03-4705
8.9bc
5.5d
Medium
Glenn
20.9a
7.6cd
Large
V07-1897
6.8cd
6.3cd
Large
MFL-159
7.4cd
5.5d
Numbers followed by a similar letter are not statistically different ().
(c)
Seed size class
Variety
Hours after start of experiment
48
72
Small
MFS-561
88.0a
99.7a
Small
V08-4773
79.1a
93.1a
Medium
V03-4705
75.7a
92.1a
Medium
Glenn
70.5a
91.3a
Large
V07-1897
29.4b
45.5b
Large
MFL-159
28.9b
44.9b
Numbers in a column followed by a similar letter are not statistically different ().
