| Soaking durations (h) | Soaking concentrations (M GA3) | Mean | |||
| Water | 10−7 | 10−5 | 10−3 | ||
| 50 DAS | |||||
| 4 | 19.57 | 22.15 | 28.03 | 25.49 | 23.81 |
| 8 | 20.01 | 22.59 | 28.33 | 25.76 | 24.17 |
| 12 | 19.93 | 22.47 | 28.29 | 25.64 | 24.08 |
| 16 | 19.79 | 22.29 | 28.16 | 25.58 | 23.95 |
| Mean | 19.83 | 22.38 | 28.20 | 25.62 |
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| C.D. at 5% |
| C = 2.54 | D = NS | C × D = 5.07 |
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