Mutagenic impact of picric acid on chloroplast genome and a selection of biological attributes of Brassica napus L. (Brassicaceae)

Table 1 Mean-square values and significance tests for emergence (days), completion of germination (days), number of leaves, leaf size (cm), plant height (inches), number of siliqua, siliqua weight (g), seed weight (g), fresh biomass (g), dry biomass (g) and moisture content (%) of three oilseed rape cultivars evaluated with different doses treated with picric acid

Source	Degree of Freedom	Emergence	Germination completion	% emergence	No. of leaves	Leaf size	Plant height	No. of siliqua	Weight of siliqua	Seed weight	Fresh biomass	Dry biomass	Moisture contents
Replication	2	1.126	0.274	276.296	4.484	4.402	7.648	19.860	0.000	0.000	148.208	9.968	396.482
Doses (A)	4	9.437^S	14.141^S	1482.593^S	3.597^S	4.708^S	19.969^S	17.419^S	0.001^S	0.000^NS	47.532^NS	5.682^S	146.534^S
Priming durations (B)	2	14.948^S	0.363^NS	76.296^NS	5.964^S	31.907^S	44.222^S	12.985^S	0.001^S	0.001^NS	141.903^S	14.896^NS	103.606^NS
Cultivars (C)	2	3.126^S	7.674^S	571.852^S	95.675^S	13.644^S	952.062^S	130.904^S	0.001^NS	0.001^S	85.843^S	146.639^S	307.488^S
A × B	8	2.385^NS	3.974 N^S	233.704^NS	0.486^NS	2.055^S	5.456^NS	21.370^S	0.000^NS	0.000^NS	28.221^NS	3.415^NS	115.683^S
B × C	4	1.096^NS	3.085^NS	409.630^S	10.057^S	26.001^S	15.099^NS	7.543^NS	0.001^NS	0.000^NS	70.246^S	9.098^NS	214.634^S
A × C	8	3.319^NS	3.535^NS	323.704^S	0.313^NS	2.307^NS	3.737^NS	25.570^NS	0.000^NS	0.000^NS	42.765^NS	5.675^NS	93.514^S
A × B × C	16	6.459^S	7.752^S	169.815^S	1.147^S	2.811^NS	4.911^NS	21.134^NS	0.001^NS	0.000^S	40.759^S	6.445^NS	57.792^NS
Error	88	15.541	2.380	120.993	1.017	2.074	7.725	18.471	0.001	0.001	24.000	4.834	34.208

^*Significant (S), Non-significant (NS), (A × B) = 1 st order interaction, (B × C) = 2nd order interaction, (A × C) = 3rd order interaction, (A × B × C) = 4 th order interaction

ISSN: 1471-2164