Table 2: Mean values of physiological quality of twelve maize genotypes belonging to three maturity groups, tested under varied storage durations.
|
Hundred seed weight (g) |
Germination percentage |
Germination index (days) |
Accelerated Aging Germination Percentage |
Accelerated Aging Germination index (days) |
Electrolyte Leakage(µScm-1g-1) |
|
|
Duration of storage |
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|
Initial |
25.80a |
82.78a |
3.20a |
66.25a |
4.21a |
14.03b |
|
9 Months |
25.76a |
70.19b |
3.11a |
53.24b |
4.16a |
25.48a |
|
15 Months |
24.39b |
70.19b |
4.11b |
36.49c |
5.15b |
24.90a |
|
b-value ± SE |
-0.08 ± 0.14 |
-0.88 ± 0.06 |
0.88 ± 0.38 |
0.06 ± 0.04 |
-1.94 ± 0.37 |
0.16 ± 0.04 |
|
Maturity group |
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|
Early |
26.95a |
85.92a |
3.34a |
68.56a |
4.33a |
11.14c |
|
Inter |
23.20c |
54.19b |
3.57b |
37.85c |
4.84b |
39.23a |
|
Late |
25.80b |
83.00a |
3.51b |
49.58b |
4.35a |
14.05b |
Means with the same letter in each column are not significantly different at P = 0.05 using Duncan’s multiple range test.