Table 2 Effect of various doses 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 days to seedling emergence of three oilseed rape cultivars

Abasin-95

Dur e Nifa

Nifa Gold

Control

3 h

6.00^abc

6.00^abc

5.67^bcd

5 mM

6.00^abc

6.00^abc

6.00^abc

10 mM

6.00^abc

5.67^bcd

6.00^abc

15 mM

6.00^abc

6.33^ab

6.33^ab

20 mM

6.33^ab

6.00^abc

6.67^a

Control

6 h

6.67^a

5.00^def

6.00^abc

5 mM

6.00^abc

5.33^cde

5.67^bcd

10 mM

6.00^abc

5.00^def

6.00^abc

15 mM

6.00^abc

6.33^ab

6.00^abc

20 mM

6.00^abc

6.33^ab

6.00^abc

Control

9 h

5.33^cde

4.33^f

5.67^bcd

5 mM

5.00^def

5.33^cde

4.67^ef

10 mM

5.00^def

4.67^ef

4.67^ef

15 mM

5.67^bcd

5.00^def

6.00^abc

20 mM

6.00^abc

6.00^abc

6.00^abc

Treatment Levels × Priming Durations Interaction

3 h

6 h

9 h

Treatment means

Control

5.89

5.89

5.11

5.63^b

5 mM

6.00

5.67

5.00

5.56^b

10 mM

5.89

5.67

4.78

5.44^b

15 mM

6.22

6.11

5.56

5.96^a

20 mM

6.33

6.11

6.00

6.15^a

Priming Durations × Oilseed rape Cultivars Interaction

Abasin-95

Dur e Nifa

Nifa Gold

Priming means

3 h

6.07

6.00

6.13

6.07^a

6 h

6.13

5.53

6.00

5.89^b

9 h

5.40

5.07

5.40

5.29^c

Treatments Levels × Oilseed rape Cultivars Interaction

Control

5 mM

10 mM

15 mM

20 mM

Cultivars means

Abasin-95

6.00^abc

5.67^cde

5.67^cde

5.89^bcd

6.11^ab

5.87^a

Dur e Nifa

5.11^f

5.57^de

5.11^f

5.89^bcd

6.00^abc

5.53^b

Nifa Gold

5.78^bcde

5.44^ef

5.56^de

6.11^ab

6.33^a

5.84^a