Skip to main content

Table 1 Effects of hot water treatments to break the seed coat impermeability on percentage of swollen seeds and viability of Gleditsia sinensis seeds

From: Identification of the initial water-site and movement in Gleditsia sinensis seeds and its relation to seed coat structure

Treatments

Swollen percentage %

Viability%

Control

3.8 ± 2.1 c

91.3 ± 1.2 a

70 °C

38.6 ± 4.5 b

89.3 ± 3.1 a

80 °C

82.8 ± 3.0 a

87.3 ± 3.0 a

90 °C

91.4 ± 5.4 a

57.0 ± 1.0 b

  1. Values (mean ± SD) within a column followed by the same letter are not significantly different (Duncan’s multiple range test, p ≤ 0.05)