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

Table 8 Number of siliqua in oilseed rape cultivars influenced by 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)

Treatment Levels × Priming Durations × Oilseed rape Cultivars Interaction
		Abasin-95		Dur e Nifa		Nifa Gold
Control	3 h	11.20		13.67		15.67
5 mM		8.07		15.33		16.33
10 mM		13.40		14.33		15.33
15 mM		12.63		13.00		14.33
20 mM		13.93		14.67		14.33
Control	6 h	9.43		18.00		18.67
5 mM		11.63		11.67		17.67
10 mM		11.30		13.00		8.33
15 mM		18.41		12.00		19.00
20 mM		12.41		17.00		10.67
Control	9 h	8.73		13.33		11.33
5 mM		9.87		18.00		12.67
10 mM		11.37		11.33		13.00
15 mM		10.35		14.33		16.67
20 mM		11.00		15.67		16.33
Treatment Levels × Priming Durations Interaction
	3 h	6 h		9 h		Treatment means
Control	13.51	15.37		11.13		13.34
5 mM	13.24	13.66		13.51		13.47
10 mM	14.36	10.88		11.90		12.38
15 mM	13.32	16.47		13.78		14.53
20 mM	14.31	13.36		14.33		14.00
Priming Durations × Oilseed rape Cultivars Interaction
	Abasin-95	Dur e Nifa		Nifa Gold		Priming means
3 h	11.85	14.20		15.20		13.75
6 h	12.64	14.33		14.87		13.95
9 h	10.26	14.53		14.00		12.93
Treatments Levels × Oilseed rape Cultivars Interaction
	Control	5 mM	10 mM	15 mM	20 mM	Cultivars means
Abasin-95	9.79	9.86	12.02	13.80	12.45	11.58^b
Dur e Nifa	15.00	15.00	12.89	13.11	15.78	14.36^a
Nifa Gold	15.22	15.56	12.22	16.67	13.78	14.69^a

^*LSD value at 0.05% significance probability for oilseed rape cultivars; 1.801, treatment levels × priming duration; 0.5870, priming duration × oilseed rape cultivars; 0.4547 and treatment levels × oilseed rape cultivars; 0.7189. Values with the same letters in rows and columns are not statistically significant

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