Magnetic Field Stimulation Effect on Germination and Antioxidant Activities of Presown Hybrid Seeds of Sunflower and Its Seedlings
Table 1
Effect of magnetic field stimulation on germination parameters of sunflower seeds.
Sunflower seed varieties
Treatments
Final emergence % age
% age of mean germination time
FH620
50 mT/45 min
100 ± 1.00a
50 ± 0.06a
80 mT/30 min
80 ± 1.3b
40 ± 0.46b
100 mT/15 min
94 ± 0.89c
47 ± 0.59c
Control
100 ± 1.00d
50 ± 0.82d
FH615
50 mT/45 min
80 ± 1.3d
40 ± 0.24d
80 mT/30 min
80 ± 1.4e
40 ± 0.83f
100 mT/15 min
80 ± 1.7f
40 ± 0.40g
Control
93 ± 0.89d
34 ± 0.24e
FH545
50 mT/45 min
68 ± 1.67d
47 ± 0.51e
80 mT/30 min
68 ± 1.64g
34 ± 0.83f
100 mT/15 min
68 ± 1.76g
34 ± 0.44h
Control
86 ± 0.97h
43 ± 0.87h
The data presented in the table are the mean values of three replications ± stander error. Level of significance is indicated by different alphabetical letters.