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

Table 7 Plant height of oilseed rape cultivars as a function of different 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

Treatment Levels × Priming Durations × Oilseed rape Cultivars Interaction
		Abasin-95		Dur e Nifa		Nifa Gold
Control	3 h	7.66		11.65		12.04
5 mM		8.77		14.11		18.11
10 mM		9.95		15.34		16.94
15 mM		8.70		15.93		17.99
20 mM		7.77		13.89		19.73
Control	6 h	9.04		17.96		17.86
5 mM		8.89		17.62		19.02
10 mM		10.13		15.97		20.76
15 mM		9.01		17.89		19.25
20 mM		9.26		18.06		17.15
Control	9 h	8.63		14.65		16.19
5 mM		8.52		17.65		16.72
10 mM		10.05		17.58		15.92
15 mM		9.64		19.60		17.85
20 mM		9.67		17.53		17.43
Treatment Levels × Priming Durations Interaction
	3 h	6 h		9 h		Treatment means
Control	10.45	14.95		13.16		12.85^b
5 mM	13.63	15.18		14.30		14.38^a
10 mM	14.08	15.62		14.52		14.74^a
15 mM	14.21	15.38		15.70		15.10^a
20 mM	13.79	14.82		14.88		14.50^a
Priming Durations × Oilseed rape Cultivars Interaction
	Abasin- 95	Dur e Nifa		Nifa Gold		Priming means
3 h	8.57	14.18		16.96		13.24^b
6 h	9.27	17.50		18.81		15.19^a
9 h	9.30	17.40		16.83		14.51^a
Treatments Levels × Oilseed rape Cultivars Interaction
	Control	5 mM	10 mM	15 mM	20 mM	Cultivars means
Abasin- 95	8.44	8.73	10.04	9.12	8.90	9.05^c
Dur e Nifa	14.75	16.46	16.30	17.80	16.49	16.36^b
Nifa Gold	15.36	17.95	17.84	18.37	18.11	17.53^a

^*LSD value at a significance level of 0.05% for treatment levels; 1.503, priming duration; 1.164 and oilseed rape cultivars; 1.164. Values with the same letters in rows and columns are not statistically significant

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