| Soaking durations (h) | Soaking concentrations (M GA3) | Mean | |||
| Water | 10−7 | 10−5 | 10−3 | ||
| 50 DAS | |||||
| 4 | 245.34 | 255.91 | 272.83 | 266.49 | 260.14 |
| 8 | 274.84 | 285.53 | 308.79 | 293.98 | 290.29 |
| 12 | 260.15 | 268.61 | 287.64 | 281.30 | 274.43 |
| 16 | 253.80 | 264.37 | 283.41 | 270.72 | 268.08 |
| Mean | 258.03 | 268.60 | 288.17 | 278.12 |
|
| C.D. at 5% |
| C = 5.71 | D = 5.71 | C × D = 11.41 |
|
| 70 DAS | |||||
| 4 | 293.98 | 315.14 | 348.98 | 325.72 | 320.96 |
| 8 | 336.28 | 355.33 | 378.59 | 368.02 | 359.55 |
| 12 | 310.91 | 329.94 | 363.79 | 346.86 | 337.88 |
| 16 | 300.33 | 321.48 | 357.44 | 338.12 | 327.09 |
| Mean | 310.38 | 330.47 | 362.20 | 344.68 |
|
| C.D. at 5% |
| C = 6.64 | D = 6.64 | C × D = 13.27 |
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