Soaking durations (h)

Soaking concentrations (M GA₃)

Mean

Water

10⁻⁷

10⁻⁵

10⁻³

50 DAS

4

0.240

0.288

0.360

0.375

0.315

8

0.310

0.345

0.387

0.393

0.358

12

0.289

0.322

0.374

0.389

0.343

16

0.264

0.315

0.365

0.382

0.331

Mean

0.275

0.317

0.371

0.384

C.D. at 5%

C = NS

D = NS

C × D = NS

70 DAS

4

0.312

0.342

0.420

0.488

0.388

8

0.402

0.487

0.514

0.523

0.482

12

0.353

0.460

0.496

0.507

0.454

16

0.340

0.448

0.476

0.492

0.439

Mean

0.351

0.434

0.477

0.503

C.D. at 5%

C = 0.006

D = 0.006

C × D = 0.013