Effect of Seed Priming Methods on Seed Quality of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) Genotypes

Table 7

Correlation coefficients for seed quality parameters as affected by genotype and seed priming treatments.

Parameters	GS	HS (%)	SV (%)	SL (cm)	SVI	SDW (mg)	SVII
Seed germination (%)	0.95	−0.68	0.99	0.88	0.80	0.78	0.81
Germination speed (per day)		−0.69	0.68	0.74	0.81	0.49	0.53
Hard seed (%)			−0.70	−0.49	−0.53	−0.54	−0.54
Seed viability (%)				0.87	0.91	0.78	0.80
Seedling length (cm)					0.99	0.90	0.92
Seed vigor index I						0.89	0.91
Seedling dry weight (mg)							0.99
Seed vigor index II

Note., highly significant at 0.01 levels; GS, germination speed; HS, hard seed; SV, seed viability; SL, seedling length; SVI, seed vigor index I; SDW, seedling dry weight; SVII, seed vigor index II.