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9 9.72 1.08 1.08 1 11 1.39 0.13 0.13 1
10 30.55 3.06 4.14 2 12 1.39 0.12 0.25 2
11 47.22 4.29 8.43 3 13 9.72 0.75 0.99 3
12 55.56 4.63 13.06 4 14 29.16 2.08 3.08 4
13 66.67 5.13 18.19 5 15 59.72 3.98 7.06 5
14 72.22 5.16 23.35 6 16 69.45 4.34 11.40 6
15 77.78 5.19 28.54 7 17 80.55 4.74 16.14 7
16 83.33 5.21 33.75 8 18 84.72 4.71 20.84 8
17 90.28 5.31 39.06 9 19 91.67 4.82 25.67 9
18 97.22 5.40 44.46 10 20 95.83 4.79 30.46 10
21 97.22 4.63 35.09 11
22 97.22 4.42 39.51 12
23 98.61 4.29 43.80 13
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8 37.50 4.69 5.88 2 7 38.89 5.56 7.16 2
9 51.39 5.71 11.59 3 8 69.44 8.68 15.84 3
10 61.11 6.11 17.70 4 9 83.33 9.26 25.44 4
11 70.83 6.44 24.14 5 10 88.89 8.89 34.33 5
12 80.55 6.71 30.85 6 11 95.83 8.71 43.04 6
13 93.05 7.16 38.01 7 12 100.00 8.33 51.37 7
14 100.00 7.14 45.15 8
Inthe control, germination started after 11 days. Ittook 13 days to complete germination from the fIrst germination. It took a total number of 24 days to germinate from sowing to the completion of germination.
Germination in the hot-water treatment started after 7 days. Complete germination after the first germination took 8 days.Inall, it took 16 days for germination to be completed since sowing.
For manual-scarification treatment, germination started after 6 days. Ittook 7 days to complete germination after the first germination. Germination process took 13 days to complete since sowing.
Categorization by imbibition period for each Dargle treatment
Manual-scarification treatment was the fIrst to start germination on the 6th day and it was also the fIrst to complete it within 13 days from sowing. Second to start germination was hot-water treatment on the 7th days, followed by acid treatment in 9 days. Control was the last to start germination on the 11th day. Second to finish germination was hot-water treatment in 16 days followed by acid in 20 days. Control was the last, finishing in 24 days (Figure 50).
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Germination percent for both hot-water and manual-scarification treatments was the highest at 100 while that of control and acid treatments were second with 99. Acid treatment exhibited the highest Germination energy of 97 followed by hot-water treatment with 93. Third was control with 92 and the last was manual-scarification with 83. For tabulated summary of the results see table 23 below.
Table 27: Summary of germination percent, energy and value for the four treatments of Dargle
Treatment Germination0lc. Germination energy Germination value
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7.8.2 Germination tests for Fort-Hartley
Germination period for the four treatments has taken a total number of 28 days i.e., since sowing until the completion of germination.
Germination energy has been extrapolated from table 28 while the Germination values have been calculated from the formula 1.
The evaluation of germination depicted that germination for the acid treatment started after 9 days. Following the first germination, it took another 9 days to complete germination of the remaining seeds. From sowing to completion of germination it took a total of 18 days.
For the control, germination started after 14 days. Ittook 14 days to complete germination after the first initial germination. It took a total number of28 days for complete germination to occur.
Acid treatment Control
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DGs N9 8.33 0.93 0.93 1 14 12.50 0.89 0.89 1
10 25.00 2.50 3.43 2 15 30.56 2.04 2.93 2
11 47.22 4.29 7.72 3 16 45.84 2.86 5.79 3
12 59.72 4.98 12.70 4 17 62.50 3.68 9.47 4
13 68.06 5.24 17.94 5 18 66.67 3.70 13.17 6
14 77.78 5.56 23.50 6 19 72.22 3.80 16.97 7
15 86.11 5.74 29.24 7 20 77.78 3.89 20.86 8
16 91.67 5.73 34.97 8 21 84.72 4.03 24.89 9
17 94.44 5.56 40.53 9 22 88.89 4.04 28.93 10
23 90.28 3.93 32.86 11
24 91.66 3.82 36.68 12
25 95.83 3.83 40.51 13
26 95.83 3.69 44.2 14
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DGs N9 16.67 1.85 1.85 1 7 16.67 2.38 2.38 1
10 41.67 4.17 5.97 2 8 34.72 4.34 6.72 2
11 59.72 5.43 11.4 3 9 48.61 5.40 12.12 3
12 80.56 6.71 18.11 4 10 61.11 6.11 18.23 4
13 91.66 7.05 25.16 5 11 69.44 6.31 24.54 5
14 93.05 6.65 31.81 6 12 79.17 6.60 31.14 6
15 97.22 6.48 38.29 7 13 81.94 6.30 37.44 7
16 98.61 6.16 44.45 8 14 91.67 6.55 43.99 8
15 93.05 6.20 50.19 9
16 95.83 5.99 56.18 10
17 97.22 5.72 61.9 11
In the hot-water treatment, germination started after 9 days. It took 8 days to complete germination after the initial germination. Complete germination from sowing to the finish took 17 days. Germination variables were as follows:
First germination occurred after 7 days in the manual-scarification treatment. After the first recorded germination, complete germination took 11 days. In all, it took 18 days for the seeds to germinate from sowing to the end of germination.
Categorization by imbibition period for each treatment
Manual-scarification treatment was the first to start germination on the 7th. day. Second to start germination were acid and hot-water treatments on the 9th. day. The last to start germinating was the control on the 14th. day.
Hot-water treatment took the shortest time to complete germination from the time of the first germination with 8 days. It was followed by Acid treatment with 9 days and then Manual- scarification treatment with 11 days. The control was the last with 14 days.
Hot-water treatment took the shortest time of 17 days to complete germination from the time of sowing to its completion. It was followed by Manual-scarification and Acid treatments with 18 days each. The last was the Control with 28 days. The results on ranking by germination periods are depicted in Figure 51 on page 112.
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Germination percent was highest in Hot-water treatment with 99% followed by both Control and Manual scarification treatments both with 97% each. The last was Acid treatment with 94%.
The Germination energy was highest in Hot-water treatment at 92 followed by Control with 88.89. Acid treatment was the third with 86 and lastly, Manual-scarification with 79.
The germination value was highest in Hot-water treatment at 55 followed and then by Manual- scarification with 55. Acid treatment was the third with 43 and lastly Control with 33. Summary of the results isintable 29.
Table 29: Summary of germination percent, energy and value for the four treatments of Fort-Hartley
Treatment Germination % Germination energy Germination value
Acid 94 86 43
Control 97 89 33
Hot-water 99 92
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7.8.3 Germination tests for Mokhalinyane
Germination period for the four treatments has taken a total number of 28 days i.e., since sowing until the completion of germination. Germination energy has been extrapolated from table 30 and the Germination values have been calculated using the formula 1.
In the acid treatment, thefust germination was recorded on the 8thday after sowing. Again it took 8 days to complete germination. Germination period took 16 days in all from the period of sowing.
For the control, the fust germination was recorded on the 13th day after sowing. Ittook another 15 days to complete germination after the fust germination. In all it took 28 days complete germination from sowing to the end.
The first germination started on the 9th day in the hot-water treatment. Ittook 9 days to complete germination since the first germination. From the day of sowing to the completion of germination it took 18 days.
Table30: Daily gennination speed and gennination value for Mokhalinyane
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DGs N8 12.50 1.56 1.56 1 13 8.33 0.64 0.64 1
9 30.55 3.39 4.95 2 14 16.67 1.19 1.83 2
10 45.83 4.58 9.54 3 15 20.83 1.39 3.22 3
11 59.72 5.43 14.97 4 16 33.34 2.08 5.30 4
12 75.00 6.25 21.22 5 17 48.61 2.86 8.16 5
13 86.11 6.62 27.84 6 18 55.56 3.09 11.25 6
14 93.06 6.65 34.49 7 19 65.28 3.44 14.68 7
15 97.22 6.48 40.97 8 20 66.67 3.33 18.02 8
21 73.61 3.51 21.52 9
22 77.78 3.54 25.06 10
23 80.56 3.50 28.56 11
24 84.72 3.53 32.09 12
25 87.50 3.50 35.59 13
Hot-water treatment 26 88.89 3.42 39.01 14
27 90.28 3.34 42.35 15
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12 69.44 5.79 14.48 4 7 11.11 1.59 1.59 1
13 84.72 6.52 21.00 5 8 45.83 5.73 7.32 2
14 87.50 6.25 27.25 6 9 63.89 7.10 14.42 3
15 95.83 6.39 33.64 7 10 77.78 7.78 22.20 4
16 97.22 6.08 39.71 8 11 86.11 7.83 30.02 5
17 100.00 5.88 45.60 9 12 88.89 7.41 37.43 6
13 100.00 7.69 45.12 7
For the manual-scarification treatment, the first germination started on the 7th day. Ittook 7 days to complete germination from the day of first germination to completion of germination. It took 14 days to complete germination from the day of sowing.
Categorization by imbibition period for each treatment
Manual-scarification treatment was the first to start germination the 7th day. Itwas followed by Acid treatment in the 8th day. Hot-water treatment was the 3rd on the 9th day. Control was the 4th having started on the 13thday.
Manual-scarification was the first to complete germination from the day of sowing to the completion of germination in 14 days. Itwas followed by Acid treatment in 16 days. Hot-water treatment was the third in 18 days. The Control was the last to complete in28 days.
Manual-scarification took the shortest time of 7 days to complete germination from the first day of germination. It was followed by acid treatment with 8 days. Last, was the Control with 15 days. The time taken to germinateinrelation to cumulative percent is showninFigure 52.
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