[Retracted] Stimulatory Effects of Gamma Irradiation on Phytochemical Properties, Mitotic Behaviour, and Nutritional Composition of Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.)

Table 1

Effect of gamma irradiation on growth stages of Onobrychis viciifolia seeds after 4 weeks.

Gamma irradiation (Gy)	Non-growing (%)	Necrosis; (%)	Shooting; (%)	Mean number of shoots	Germination speed
Control	0.00^c	17.89^c  ±  2.24	82.11^a  ±  3.42	3.55^a  ±  0.15	20.41^a  ±  1.52
30	5.56^b  ±  0.85	22.52^bc  ±  2.25	72.22^ab  ±  3.36	2.46^b  ±  0.18	18.24^a  ±  1.84
60	7.26^ab  ±  0.64	32.38^b  ±  2.36	60.18^bc  ±  2.18	2.04^b  ±  0.24	17.01^ab  ±  1.31
90	9.54^a  ±  1.17	40.49^ab  ±  3.32	50.07^c  ±  2.32	2.75^b  ±  0.15	15.27^b  ±  1.33
120	10.15^a  ±  1.12	48.01^a  ±  2.41	42.23^c  ±  2.38	2.84^b  ±  0.16	14.37^b  ±  1.65

The means of samples with the same small letters were not significantly different as per Duncan’s multirange test at 𝑃<0.05.