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

Table 3 Effect of various doses (0, 5 mM, 10 mM, 15 mM, and 20 mM) and different priming durations (3 h, 6 h, and 9 h) of picric acid on days taken to germination completion of three oilseed rape cultivars

Treatment Levels × Priming Durations × Oilseed rape Cultivars Interaction
		Abasin-95			Dur e Nifa		Nifa Gold
Control	3 h	7.00^bc			8.00^b−f		8.33^b−f
5 mM		9.00^b−e			7.33^def		7.67^c−f
10 mM		7.67^c−f			8.33^b−f		8.00^b−f
15 mM		7.67^c−f			8.00^b−f		9.67^bcd
20 mM		8.67^b−f			12.33^a		10.00^abc
Control	6 h	8.00^b−f			7.33^c−f		7.67^c−f
5 mM		8.00^b−f			7.00^ef		8.67^b−f
10 mM		8.67^b−f			7.00^ef		8.00^b−f
15 mM		8.00^b−f			12.33^a		8.67^b−f
20 mM		8.33^b−f			7.67^c−f		9.67^bcd
Control	9 h	6.33^f			8.00^b−f		7.00^ef
5 mM		7.00^ef			7.33^def		12.33^a
10 mM		7.00^ef			8.00^b−f		10.33^ab
15 mM		9.67^bcd			8.33^b−f		7.33^def
20 mM		10.33^ab			7.67^c−f		10.00^abc
Treatment Levels × Priming Durations Interaction
	3 h		6 h		9 h		Treatment means
Control	7.78		7.67		7.11		7.52^c
5 mM	8.00		7.89		8.89		8.26^bc
10 mM	8.00		7.89		8.44		8.11^bc
15 mM	8.44		9.67		8.44		8.85^ab
20 mM	10.33		8.56		9.33		9.41^a
Priming Durations × Oilseed rape Cultivars Interaction
	Abasin-95		Dur e Nifa		Nifa Gold		Priming means
3 h	8.00		8.80		8.73		8.51
6 h	8.20		8.27		8.53		8.33
9 h	8.07		7.87		9.40		8.44
Treatments Levels × Oilseed rape Cultivars Interaction
	Control		5 mM	10 mM	15 mM	20 mM	Cultivars means
Abasin-95	7.11		8.00	7.78	8.44	9.11	8.09^b
Dur e Nifa	7.78		7.22	7.78	9.56	9.22	8.31^ab
Nifa Gold	7.67		9.56	8.78	8.56	9.89	8.89^a

^*LSD value at the 5% significance level for treatment levels = 0.8672, oilseed rape cultivars = 0.6463 and treatment levels × priming duration × oilseed rape cultivars = 2.503. Values with the same bearing similar letters in rows and columns are not statistically

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