Storage duration (months)

Treatment

Germ (%)

GI

SGR (mg/seedling)

MET (days)

T50 (hrs.)

0

non-primed

88

28cde

3.25jkl

1.89abcd

33.00

6

87

23fghi

4.37bcdefgh

2.00ab

36.25

8

88

26efg

3.90fghijk

1.87bcd

34.00

10

92

28cde

4.74abcdef

1.79def

33.00

12

90

30c

4.40bcdefg

1.68efg

30.25

14

89

35b

4.75abcdef

1.45ijk

23.02

16

90

37ab

4.42bcdefg

1.42ijk

14.75

4

non-primed

97

27cde

4.84abcd

1.90abcd

34.00

6

86

30cd

3.42ijk

1.64fgh

34.25

8

90

35b

4.20defghi

1.51hij

32.75

10

88

37ab

3.84ghijk

1.35jkl

29.25

12

92

36ab

3.53hijk

1.48ij

29.50

14

88

39a

3.71ghijk

1.23l

23.50

16

90

39a

3.07kl

1.29kl

17.50

8

non-primed

87

22i

5.13ab

2.04a

36.50

6

86

22i

5.03abcd

2.00ab

36.00

8

90

23hi

5.47a

2.02ab

36.25

10

84

23ghi

5.38a

1.94abcd

34.75

12

88

22hi

5.23ab

2.00abc

35.75

14

89

27cde

5.54a

1.80def

31.75

16

90

27def

5.09abc

1.84cde

32.50

12

non-primed

94

26efg

2.51l

1.90abcd

34.00

6

86

26efgh

3.92fghijk

1.83de

34.25

8

85

26efg

3.96efghij

1.94abcd

46.25

10

92

34b

4.78abcde

1.53ghi

30.75

12

91

30cd

4.25cdefghi

1.71ef

33.50

14

90

34b

4.18defghi

1.49hij

31.50

16

86

34b

4.84abcd

1.45ij

24.00

Mean

89

29

4.35

1.71

31.53

LSD0.05

10.12

5.70*

1.47*

0.27*

13.27

CV. (%)

4.73

8.04

14.04

6.65

17.43