Parameters | Definitions |
1-Waiting time or latency time | The time elapsed between the half of all seeds and the germination of a first seed |
2-Germination delay | The period between the sowing of each seed and the appearance of each seedling |
3-Germination speed | The average time after which 50% of the seeds have germinated |
4-Spreading time or germination duration | The period between the first seed germination and the last seed germination |
5-Germination rate | The quotient of the number of seeds germinated by the total number of seeds sown as a percentage (%) |