Research Article
Factors Affecting Seedling Emergence and Dry Matter Characteristics in Musa balbisiana Colla
Table 4
Interaction between days after extraction (DAE) and varying concentrations of NaOCl on seedling emergence in M. balbisiana.
| | Days to percentage seedling emergence | 10% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 50% | 60% | 70% | 80% | 90% |
| DAE | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 18.4 | 21.2 | 23.5 | 25.6 | 27.8 | 30.8 | 31.7 | 26.7 | 24.2 | 4 | 22.3 | 24.0 | 25.3 | 27.5 | 27.4 | 29.1 | 31.4 | 34.2 | 24.2 | 6 | 18.6 | 20.4 | 21.6 | 23.2 | 25.0 | 27.1 | 26.4 | 27.4 | 25.0 | 8 | 19.0 | 20.9 | 22.4 | 22.9 | 24.4 | 24.9 | 24.9 | 29.9 | 23.6 | 10 | 22.8 | 25.1 | 26.0 | 26.4 | 26.2 | 24.2 | 25.8 | 17.9 | 24.2 |
| NaOCl Conc. (%) | | | | | | | | | | 0 (control) | 17.4 | 19.4 | 21.3 | 21.9 | 23.0 | 23.8 | 24.6 | 24.9 | 25.1 | 5 | 18.3 | 20.6 | 23.1 | 23.9 | 26.9 | 25.0 | 27.7 | 23.4 | 24.2 | 10 | 20.8 | 23.0 | 23.8 | 25.6 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 27.3 | 34.6 | 24.2 | 15 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 23.1 | 25.4 | 26.5 | 27.1 | 29.5 | 23.9 | 14.2 | 20 | 23.7 | 26.0 | 27.4 | 28.7 | 29.4 | 32.1 | 31.1 | 29.4 | 33.5 | LSD(0.05) | 1.25 | 1.38 | 1.32 | 1.28 | 1.41 | 1.52 | 1.45 | 1.48 | NS |
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DAE: Days after extraction.
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