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Table 1 Morphological features of hard and soft seeds for six species

From: Non-destructive identification of single hard seed via multispectral imaging analysis in six legume species

 

Acacia seyal

Galega orientulis

Glycyrrhiza glabra

Medicago sativa

Melilotus officinalis

Thermopsis lanceolata

Hard

Soft

Hard

Soft

Hard

Soft

Hard

Soft

Hard

Soft

Hard

Soft

Area (mm2)

18.06 ± 2.65

18.53 ± 2.94

5.6 ± 0.68

5.78 ± 0.67**

6.46 ± 0.76

6.55 ± 0.72

2.50 ± 0.37

2.60 ± 0.29**

2.40 ± 0.28

2.52 ± 0.28**

11.98 ± 1.43

11.65 ± 1.28*

Length (mm)

6.12 ± 0.55

6.18 ± 0.56

3.63 ± 0.29

3.69 ± 0.27*

3.07 ± 0.20

3.1 ± 0.19

2.32 ± 0.21

2.40 ± 0.16**

2.19 ± 0.17

2.22 ± 0.17

4.31 ± 0.27

4.25 ± 0.28

Width (mm)

3.86 ± 0.34

3.92 ± 0.34

2.00 ± 0.15

2.02 ± 0.15

2.74 ± 0.16

2.74 ± 0.15

1.46 ± 0.14

1.45 ± 0.11

1.47 ± 0.09

1.52 ± 0.09**

3.62 ± 0.21

3.59 ± 0.19

Width/length ratio

0.63 ± 0.07

0.64 ± 0.07

0.55 ± 0.05

0.55 ± 0.05

0.89 ± 0.03

0.88 ± 0.04**

0.63 ± 0.07

0.61 ± 0.06**

0.67 ± 0.05

0.69 ± 0.05*

0.84 ± 0.03

0.85 ± 0.04

Compactness circle

0.63 ± 0.07

0.63 ± 0.07

0.52 ± 0.05

0.52 ± 0.04

0.88 ± 0.04

0.87 ± 0.04

0.60 ± 0.07

0.58 ± 0.06**

0.66 ± 0.05

0.67 ± 0.05*

0.82 ± 0.04

0.82 ± 0.04

Compactness ellipse

1.00 ± 0.00

1.00 ± 0.00

0.99 ± 0.01

0.99 ± 0.01*

1.00 ± 0.01

1.00 ± 0.00

0.99 ± 0.01

0.99 ± 0.01

1.00 ± 0.00

1.00 ± 0.00

0.99 ± 0.00

0.99 ± 0.00

Beta shape a

1.58 ± 0.08

1.59 ± 0.10

1.32 ± 0.07

1.32 ± 0.07

1.49 ± 0.06

1.48 ± 0.05

1.51 ± 0.15

1.46 ± 0.13**

1.62 ± 0.05

1.61 ± 0.06*

1.46 ± 0.06

1.46 ± 0.06

Beta shape b

1.48 ± 0.06

1.48 ± 0.06

1.27 ± 0.07

1.27 ± 0.06

1.42 ± 0.06

1.41 ± 0.05

1.43 ± 0.12

1.40 ± 0.12*

1.55 ± 0.06

1.54 ± 0.05**

1.36 ± 0.06

1.36 ± 0.05

Vertical Skewness

-0.05 ± 0.02

-0.06 ± 0.03

-0.03 ± 0.03

-0.03 ± 0.02

-0.04 ± 0.02

-0.04 ± 0.02

-0.04 ± 0.04

-0.03 ± 0.03**

-0.03 ± 0.02

-0.04 ± 0.02

-0.05 ± 0.02

-0.06 ± 0.02

CIELab L*

35.12 ± 2.84

35.07 ± 2.37

41.30 ± 3.07

40.9 ± 3.44

36.70 ± 3.27

37.66 ± 3.33*

47.89 ± 3.62

51.83 ± 2.72**

45.16 ± 3.96

48.92 ± 2.66**

26.69 ± 2.04

27.01 ± 1.89

CIELab a*

6.94 ± 2.30

6.19 ± 2.06*

11.75 ± 1.33

12.86 ± 1.45**

4.77 ± 1.92

4.39 ± 1.80

10.05 ± 1.80

8.96 ± 1.61**

10.98 ± 2.01

10.44 ± 1.90*

-0.19 ± 0.58

-0.18 ± 0.52

CIELab b*

14.43 ± 1.91

14.11 ± 1.40

27.30 ± 3.15

26.73 ± 3.44

15.08 ± 2.37

15.05 ± 1.89

24.64 ± 4.12

20.52 ± 2.40**

27.46 ± 3.58

26.35 ± 2.63**

3.38 ± 1.21

3.14 ± 0.82*

Saturation

16.11 ± 2.46

15.52 ± 1.69

29.78 ± 2.86

29.74 ± 2.99

15.89 ± 2.62

15.75 ± 2.08

26.68 ± 4.07

22.48 ± 2.05**

29.63 ± 3.69

28.40 ± 2.64**

3.44 ± 1.22

3.19 ± 0.81*

Hue

1.13 ± 0.10

1.16 ± 0.12

1.16 ± 0.06

1.12 ± 0.08**

1.27 ± 0.10

1.29 ± 0.10*

1.18 ± 0.08

1.16 ± 0.09**

1.19 ± 0.06

1.19 ± 0.07**

-0.6 ± 1.31

-0.4 ± 1.38

Vertical orientation

0.01 ± 0.09

-0.01 ± 0.07

0.00 ± 0.11

0.00 ± 0.12

0.00 ± 0.11

-0.01 ± 0.11

0.01 ± 0.1

0.00 ± 0.09

0.00 ± 0.13

0.00 ± 0.11

0.02 ± 0.08

0.01 ± 0.09

  1. * and ** indicate significant difference at 0.05 and 0.01 levels, respectively, between hard and soft seeds for each species based on the Independent T test
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