Responses of Seed Germination, Seedling Growth, and Seed Yield Traits to Seed Pretreatment in Maize (Zea mays L.)

Table 1

Analysis of variance for seed priming effects on maize for seedling growth and yield composition (𝑛=10, 𝑃<0.05).

Source	Seedling growth (pot experiment)
	df	Shoot height	Root length	Shoot biomass	Root biomass
Priming reagents	4	0.152	0.588	0.000*	0.012*
Treatment methods	1	0.366	0.366	0.074	0.005*
PR × TM	4	0.206	0.206	0.074	0.394
	Yield composition (field experiment)
	df	Seed yield per plant		Hundred-grain weight
Priming reagents	4	0.569		0.071
Treatment methods	1	0.180		0.001*
PR × TM	4	0.673		0.047*

∗𝑃<0.05.