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

Table 12 Effect of various treatment levels of picric acid (0, 5 mM, 10 mM, 15 mM, and 20 mM) and different priming durations (3 h, 6 h, and 9 h) on the dry weight (g) of three oilseed rape cultivars

Treatment Levels × Priming Durations × Oilseed rape Cultivars Interaction
		Abasin-95		Dur e Nifa		Nifa Gold
Control	3 h	19.00		22.94		23.90
5 mM		22.11		24.25		25.32
10 mM		21.93		25.92		23.61
15 mM		21.79		26.73		22.83
20 mM		19.96		25.24		23.18
Control	6 h	20.37		26.05		23.71
5 mM		23.55		23.03		24.30
10 mM		21.36		22.31		23.99
15 mM		21.94		23.36		26.45
20 mM		21.92		23.86		25.06
Control	9 h	18.27		23.29		24.41
5 mM		21.10		25.87		21.94
10 mM		21.38		22.03		21.50
15 mM		18.73		23.65		23.74
20 mM		21.24		26.14		21.91
Treatment Levels × Priming Durations Interaction
	3 h	6 h		9 h		Treatment means
Control	21.95	23.38		21.99		22.44
5 mM	23.89	23.63		22.97		23.50
10 mM	23.57	22.55		21.55		22.56
15 mM	23.78	23.92		22.04		23.25
20 mM	22.79	23.61		23.10		23.17
Priming Durations × Oilseed rape Cultivars Interaction
	Abasin-95	Dur e Nifa		Nifa Gold		Priming means
3 h	20.81	25.02		23.77		23.20
6 h	21.83	23.72		24.70		23.42
9 h	20.14	24.20		22.65		22.33
Treatment Levels × Oilseed rape Cultivars Interaction
	Control	5 mM	10 mM	15 mM	20 mM	Cultivars means
Abasin-95	19.21	22.25	21.31	20.82	21.04	20.93^b
Dur e Nifa	24.09	24.38	23.42	24.58	25.08	24.31^a
Nifa Gold	24.01	23.85	22.95	24.34	23.38	23.71^a

^*LSD value at 5% probability of significance for oilseed rape cultivars = 0.9211. Values with the same letters in rows and columns are not statistically significant

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