Potassium Nitrate Priming Effect on the Germination of Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum. Mill) cvs. “Mersa” and “Tekeze-1”

Table 1

Mean squares of analysis of variance for the effects of potassium nitrate osmopriming on germination parameters in two tomato varieties.

Source of variation	d.f	G (%)	MGT (day)	GI (day)	T50 (day)	PV (% day^−1)	MGR (%)	SL (mm)
Variety	1	338.0	0.86	0.002^ns	0.10	6.72^ns	1.73	4.44
KNO3	3	97.33	0.07^ns	1.80	0.02^ns	13.83^ns	0.50	3.21
Variety: KNO3	3	0.67^ns	0.04^ns	0.11^ns	0.01^ns	5.09^ns	0.004^ns	3.44
Error	24	28.33	0.05	0.25	0.01	8.02	0.15	0.46

df, degree of freedom. Significant at the 0.05 probability level, significant at the 0.01 probability level. significant at the 0.01 probability level, and ^ns not significant. G%, germination percent; MGT, mean germination time; GI, germination index; T₅₀, time to 50% germination; PV, peak value for germination; MGR, mean daily germination percent; KNO₃, potassium nitrate.