NaCl Effects on In Vitro Germination and Growth of Some Senegalese Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) Cultivars

Table 2

Comparison of final germination rates (%) of 15 cowpea cultivars by Student-Newman-Keuls test at the threshold of 5%.

Cowpea cultivars	Final germination rates (%)
	NaCl concentration (mM)
	0	10	50	100	150	200
Diongoma	100a	100a	100a	100a	75b	75b
58-78	100a	100a	100a	75b	75b	75b
58-191	100a	100a	100a	100a	75b	50c
58-3	100a	100a	100a	100a	25d	25d
58-80	100a	100a	75b	50c	25d	25d
58-74F	100a	100a	100a	75b	75b	25d
58-57	100a	100a	100a	75b	25d	25d
58-184	100a	100a	100a	100a	25d	0e
Melakh	100a	100a	100a	100a	0e	0e
Ndiaga Aw	100a	100a	100a	50c	0e	0e
Ndiambour	100a	100a	100a	25d	0e	0e
Bambey 21	100a	100a	75b	25d	25d	0e
58-53	100a	100a	25d	0e	0e	0e
Mougne	100a	75b	25d	0e	0e	0e
Yacine	100a	50c	50c	0e	0e	0e

In lines, values followed by the same letter are not significantly different according to the Student-Newman-Keuls test (P < 0.05).