Effect of Seed Pretreatment Methods on Germination and Early Seedling Growth of Senna spectabilis

Table 2

Treatment method, germination percentage, and germination value of S. spectabilis, 28 days after seed sowing.

Treatment	Treatment description	Germination % (mean ± SD)	Germination value
T1	Control: no pretreatment applied	23 ± 0.5^c	0.8
T2	Seed soaked in cold water for 12 h	16 ± 0.4^c	0.4
T3	Seed soaked in cold water for 24 h	12 ± 0.3^c	0.6
T4	Seed soaked in cold water for 48 h	23 ± 0.4^c	2.3
T5	Seed soaked in hot water for 12 h	67 ± 1^b	25.4
T6	Seed soaked in hot water for 24 h	58 ± 1^b	19.6
T7	Seed soaked in hot water for 48 h	53 ± 1^b	20.2
T8	Nicked seeds	95 ± 2^a	105.9
value		<0.001
LSD0.05		0.143

SD denotes standard deviation. Treatment means within each column followed by the same letters are not significantly different from each other at ; LSD_0.05, least significant differences of means (5% level).