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

DAE: Days after extraction.