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 ± 1.00^a	50 ± 0.06^a
	80 mT/30 min	80 ± 1.3^b	40 ± 0.46^b
	100 mT/15 min	94 ± 0.89^c	47 ± 0.59^c
	Control	100 ± 1.00^d	50 ± 0.82^d
FH615	50 mT/45 min	80 ± 1.3^d	40 ± 0.24^d
	80 mT/30 min	80 ± 1.4^e	40 ± 0.83^f
	100 mT/15 min	80 ± 1.7^f	40 ± 0.40^g
	Control	93 ± 0.89^d	34 ± 0.24^e
FH545	50 mT/45 min	68 ± 1.67^d	47 ± 0.51^e
	80 mT/30 min	68 ± 1.64^g	34 ± 0.83^f
	100 mT/15 min	68 ± 1.76^g	34 ± 0.44^h
	Control	86 ± 0.97^h	43 ± 0.87^h

The data presented in the table are the mean values of three replications ± stander error. Level of significance is indicated by different alphabetical letters.