| Soaking durations (h) | Soaking concentrations (M GA3) | Mean | |||
| Water | 10−7 | 10−5 | 10−3 | ||
| 50 DAS | |||||
| 4 | 315.0 | 462.0 | 680.0 | 534.0 | 497.75 |
| 8 | 350.0 | 492.0 | 704.0 | 551.0 | 524.25 |
| 12 | 339.0 | 483.0 | 696.0 | 543.0 | 515.25 |
| 16 | 324.0 | 470.0 | 689.0 | 538.0 | 505.25 |
| Mean | 332.0 | 476.7 | 692.0 | 541.0 |
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| C.D. at 5% |
| C = 8.77 | D = 8.77 | C × D = 17.53 |
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