Germination percentage (%)

Day 3

Day 6

Day 9

Treatment

Trial I

Trial II

Mean

Trial I

Trial II

Mean

Trial I

Trial II

Mean

Tetraoxosulphate (VI) Acid(TOS)

Control

3.51^a1

1.13^ab

2.32^a

4.70^a

1.32^a

3.01^a

75.99^a

3.65^a

39.82^a

9:1 H₂SO₄

0.33^c

0.40^b

0.36^c

0.46^e

0.73^a

0.60^d

57.14^c

0.99^b

28.07^c

7:3 H₂SO₄

0.47^c

0.99^ab

0.73^c

0.73^e

0.86^a

0.80^cd

74.40^a-c

1.06 ^b

37.73^ab

1:1 H₂SO₄

0.40^c

1.39^a

0.90^bc

0.60^e

0.93^a

0.76^d

72.55^a-c

0.79 ^b

36.67^a-c

4:6 H₂SO₄

1.79^b

0.93^ab

1.36^b

2.58^b

0.93^a

1.75^b

78.68^a

5.62^a

40.07^a

3:7 H₂SO₄

0.79^c

0.79^ab

0.79^c

1.92^bc

0.73^a

1.33^bc

67.19^a-c

1.59 ^b

34.39^a-c

2:8 H₂SO₄

0.66^c

0.66^ab

0.66^c

0.99^de

0.66^a

0.83^cd

66.73^a-c

0.80^b

33.76^a-c

1:9 H₂SO₄

0.53^c

0.66^ab

0.60^c

1.66^cd

1.19^a

1.42^b

59.86^bc

2.32^ab

31.09^bc

SE (±)

0.23

0.34

0.22

0.24

0.34

0.22

4.66

0.80

3.32

Soaking time (T)

1 minute

1.61^a

0.67^a

1.14^a

2.58^a

0.87^ab

1.73^a

78.26^a

1.69^a

39.98^a

3 minutes

0.60^b

1.22^a

0.91^a

1.12^b

1.22^a

1.17^a

64.12^a

1.79^a

32.95^b

5 minutes

0.97^ab

0.72^a

0.85^a

1.42^b

0.67 ^b

1.04^b

64.83^a

1.27^a

33.05^b

SE (±)

0.38

0.55

0.36

0.39

0.55

0.36

7.62

2.28

3.00

Interaction (TOSXT)

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