Table 1 Effect of drought stress and cold plasma treatment on seed germination of oilseed rape.

From: Cold plasma treatment enhances oilseed rape seed germination under drought stress

Cultivar

Treatment

Germination rate (%)

Germination index

Vigor index

Zhongshuang 7

WW

93.00 ± 0.58b

82.11 ± 0.57b

777.47 ± 16.82b

WW + Plasma

99.70 ± 0.33a

88.67 ± 0.42a

942.97 ± 20.86a

DS

80.00 ± 1.00d

59.00 ± 0.47d

544.90 ± 12.95d

DS + Plasma

85.00 ± 0.48c

63.06 ± 0.38c

706.12 ± 6.36c

Zhongshuang 11

WW

98.00 ± 0.70a

89.89 ± 0.23a

662.24 ± 17.94c

WW + Plasma

99.00 ± 0.58a

91.17 ± 0.50a

917.63 ± 40.08a

DS

90.00 ± 1.53c

68.56 ± 1.23c

630.42 ± 15.42c

DS + Plasma

94.00 ± 0.58b

71.83 ± 0.49b

799.87 ± 15.52b

  1. WW: well watered; WW + Plasma: well watered + plasma; DS: drought stress; DS + Plasma: drought stress + plasma. Data were means ± SE of three replications. Different lowercase letters denote statistical differences between treatments groups at the 5% level according to Duncan’s test.
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