Effect of Priming and Seed Size on Germination and Emergence of Six Food-Type Soybean Varieties

Table 6

Seedling emergence as a percentage of seeds planted in the field in 2014.

			Days after planting
Seed size class	Variety	Duration of water priming (hours)	8	9	10	15	16	20
			%
Small	MFS-561	0	23.0a	36.2a	41.2a	53.8a	57.4a	57.8a
		5	4.4b	16.4b	20.4b	40.6a	51.2a	51.6a
		10	11.4ab	27.6ab	30.6ab	45.4a	46.6a	48.0a
	V08-4773	0	22.2a	37.4a	43.6a	65.6a	67.6a	69.0a
		5	2b	6.0b	8.4b	22.0c	23.8c	25.8b
		10	18.0a	23.6a	24.8a	40.4b	40.8b	39.4b
Medium	V03-4705	0	16.2a	34.2b	47.8a	61.8a	63.0a	63.0a
		5	3.2b	7.0b	11.6b	32.0b	32.6b	29.6b
		10	19.0a	31.6b	37.0ab	49.6a	51.2a	51.6a
	Glenn	0	23.6b	43.6ab	54.4ab	73.4a	75.2a	75.4a
		5	57.6a	65.6a	68.8a	73.4a	76.6a	78.2a
		10	20.8b	32.8b	39.8b	56.4a	57.4a	57.4a
Large	V07-1897	0	2a	11.2a	32.4a	51.6a	54.2a	54.2a
		5	0a	0b	2.0b	7.2b	7.8b	8.6b
		10	0a	0b	0b	2.0c	2.0c	2.8b
	MFL-159	0	22.2a	32.8a	46.1a	61.4a	63.6a	63.6a
		5	2.0b	3.6b	4.2b	9.6b	10.6b	10.8b
		10	2.0b	3.6b	3.6b	6.8b	7.4b	7.4b

Numbers in a column within a variety followed by a similar letter are not statistically different ().