Research Article

Development of Novel Protocol to Al3+ Stress Tolerance at Germination Stage in Indica Rice through Statistical Approaches

Table 1

Analysis of variance of 5 mM and 10 mM of Al3+ toxicity at pH4 ±0.2 in germination parameters on parental line Pak Basmati and Pokkali.

Source of variationsdfSum of Square
FGGVeGESGGPVGIGCGVMGTRLSLTDBVI

variety10.000.00208.3317.43.4670.0015.640.00154.150.034.66323.4623.46

Stress10.000.0075.000.130.020.000.1410.001.210.0024.0271.481.48

variety × Stress10.000.0075.007.500.000.000.0070.000.000.002.940.150.15

Error80.000.00333.330.820.1650.000.540.007.210.000.010.0270.027

Total12

variety10.000.00208.3316.973.350.0015.640.00149.110.02623.2123.21457470.75

Stress10.000.0075.000.1610.030.000.140.001.380.0071.761.77414780.08

variety × Stress10.000.0075.000.000.000.000.000.000.050.0010.130.13424570.75

Error80.000.00333.330.270.050.000.540.002.4370.000.0380.038722.667

Total12

at 0.01, significant at 0.05, ns= not significant, FG%= final germination percentage, GVe = germination velocity, GE= germination energy, SG=speed of germination, GPV= germination peak value, GI=germination index, GC= germination capacity, GV=germination value, MGT=mean germination time, RL=root length, SL = shoot length, TDB= total dry biomass, and GVI= germination vigour index.