The Effect of Seed Sources Variation and Presowing Treatments on the Seed Germination of Acacia catechu and Elaeocarpus floribundus Species in Bangladesh

Table 3

Effects of presowing treatments on different aspects of seed germination of Acacia catechu and Elaeocarpus floribundus at nursery stage.

Species	Treatment	Germination starting date (d)	Germination closing date (d)	Germination period (d)	Germination percentage (%)	Rate of germination
Acacia catechu	S1	6.13±0.21	15.86±0.47^a	9.68±0.34^a	69.58±3.51^b	1.59±0.11
	S2	5.48±0.15	14.02±0.23^b	8.47±0.22^b	91.26±2.64^a	1.87±0.07
	S3	7.16±0.36	16.01±0.56^a	8.96±0.47^a	74.22±3.38^b	1.73±0.10
	S4	6.05±0.41	15.11±0.32^a	9.09±0.36^a	80.67±3.43^b	1.64±0.11
	S5	5.98±0.24	14.34±0.29^b	8.46±0.31^b	73.15±4.26^b	1.69±0.12
	S6	6.52±0.28	15.28±0.34^a	8.77±0.42^b	85.94±3.67^a	1.81±0.09
Elaeocarpus floribundus	S1	10.42±0.35	32.27±0.39^a	21.63±0.32^a	72.16±3.19^b	1.53±0.11
	S2	11.48±0.61	33.35±0.31^a	21.96±0.27^a	68.19±4.59^b	1.45±0.13
	S3	10.39±0.36	31.54±0.43^b	20.98±0.30^b	74.42±3.62^b	1.58±0.11
	S4	10.06±0.28	30.83±0.37^b	20.77±0.38^b	86.35±2.67^a	1.73±0.09
	S5	9.04±0.25	29.81±0.26^b	20.69±0.23^b	89.81±2.25^a	1.79±0.06
	S6	11.87±0.56	32.96±0.46^a	21.05±0.22^a	78.42±3.92^b	1.72±0.08

Note: same letter(s) in the same column indicate(s) insignificant differences and data are shown in mean ± SD at 𝑃<0.05.