Table 2 Mean values and standard errors for percent emergence (%) of the seedlings for pretreatments (PTs)

I (control)

20.5 ± 0.3kl

30.3 ± 2.7g

44.1 ± 3.7fg

31.6 ± 3.7

II

22.4 ± 1.4jkl

35.9 ± 2.4fg

45.1 ± 1.9efg

34.5 ± 3.4

III

26.2 ± 1.2ghj

33.9 ± 1.9fg

47.5 ± 2.5def

35.9 ± 3.3

IV

24.1 ± 1.6hjk

37.6 ± 3.7efg

43.5 ± 3.5fg

35.1 ± 3.3

V

33.8 ± 1.8ef

35.6 ± 2.2fg

45.4 ± 2.9efg

38.3 ± 2.2

VI

41.7 ± 1.9c

48.5 ± 2.0c

78.5 ± 1.4ab

56.2 ± 5.7

VII

52.0 ± 1.0b

67.9 ± 1.4b

49.1 ± 1.9cdef

56.3 ± 3.0

VIII

30.3 ± 1.0fg

41.5 ± 2.7cdef

46.1 ± 2.6efg

39.3 ± 2.6

IX

23.8 ± 1.9hjk

44.7 ± 2.4cde

43.9 ± 2.1fg

37.5 ± 3.6

X

58.1 ± 1.5a

75.5 ± 1.8a

84.6 ± 0.6a

72.7 ± 4.0

XI

18.2 ± 1.7 l

35.4 ± 2.2fg

38.5 ± 1.5gh

30.7 ± 3.3

XII

11.6 ± 0.6m

30.1 ± 2.4g

35.5 ± 2.2h

25.7 ± 3.7

XIII

38.5 ± 1.0cd

46.0 ± 3.3cd

54.1 ± 3.1cd

46.1 ± 2.6

XIV

34.8 ± 2.6de

48.5 ± 1.5c

56.4 ± 2.9c

46.6 ± 3.4

XV

51.5 ± 0.7b

68.0 ± 1.6b

74.6 ± 1.6b

64.7 ± 3.5

XVI

30.3 ± 0.6fg

40.8 ± 2.5def

46.5 ± 3.3def

39.2 ± 2.7

XVII

27.9 ± 1.4gh

38.7 ± 1.5def

52.5 ± 1.7cde

39.7 ± 3.6

XVIII

52.4 ± 0.6b

66.0 ± 2.5b

77.8 ± 1.7ab

65.4 ± 3.8

Overall

33.2 ± 1.8

45.8 ± 1.9

53.5 ± 2.0