| Soaking durations (h) | Soaking concentrations (M GA3) | Mean | |||
| Water | 10−7 | 10−5 | 10−3 | ||
| 50 DAS | |||||
| 4 | 33.18 | 36.98 | 46.74 | 42.55 | 39.86 |
| 8 | 33.59 | 37.67 | 46.91 | 42.84 | 40.25 |
| 12 | 33.46 | 37.48 | 46.90 | 42.65 | 40.12 |
| 16 | 33.25 | 37.18 | 47.71 | 42.57 | 39.93 |
| Mean | 33.37 | 37.33 | 46.71 | 42.65 |
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| C.D. at 5% |
| C = 1.71 | D = NS | C × D = 3.41 |
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