Table 2 Germination parameters calculated for different ‘67/3’ seed lots collected during 2015 (SL2), 2016 (SL3), 2017 (SL4), 2018 (SL5) and treated with hydropriming (HP72 protocol)

From: Molecular dynamics of pre-germinative metabolism in primed eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) seeds

Seed lot

G (%)

MGT (days)

CVG (%)

MGR (day−1)

U (bit)

Z (unit less)

 

UP

HP72

UP

HP72

UP

HP72

UP

HP

UP

HP72

UP

HP72

SL2

0

55.56 ± 21.42

0

6.52 ± 0.86

0

59.00 ± 42.48

0

0.030 ± 0.02

0

1.61 ± 0.87

0

0.340 ± 0.28

SL3

100.00 ± 0.00

100.00 ± 0.00

8.95 ± 0.91

6.20 ± 0.00*

76.34 ± 17.85

148.70 ± 0.94*

0.005 ± 0.003

0.007 ± 0.00

2.39 ± 0.05

2.04 ± 0.16*

0.18 ± 0.00

0.230 ± 0.01*

SL4

77.78 ± 19.24

74.13 ± 11.43

28.56 ± 1.34

25.51 ± 0.79*

62.70 ± 12.00

65.00 ± 10.59

0.005 ± 0.003

0.016 ± 0.00

2.53 ± 0.14

2.74 ± 0.18

0.19 ± 0.02

0.077 ± 0.04

SL5

97.78 ± 3.85

100.00 ± 0.00

11.05 ± 1.10

8.84 ± 0.87

42.03 ± 9.86

77.61 ± 17.23*

0.025 ± 0.006

0.013 ± 0.00

2.50 ± 0.29

2.57 ± 0.11

0.15 ± 0.05

0.136 ± 0.005

  1. Asterisks indicate statistically significant differences determined using Student’s t-test (*P < 0.05)
  2. G germinability, MGT mean germination time, CVG coefficient of velocity of germination, MGR mean germination rate, U uncertainty, Z synchronization index, UP unprimed seeds, SL seed lot