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Table 1

The analysis of variance and comparison of means for seed germination traits of sesame cultivars exposed to various levels of cadmium concentrations.

Cultivar Cadmium (ppm) Seed germination (%) Germination Index




Means that do not share a letter are significantly different
Halil 0 99a 1073a
100 98a 1025a
200 93ab 920ab
400 43c 405d
600 12ef 93fgh
800 2f 13h
1000 0f 0h
Nazok Shakhei 0 93ab 999a
100 92ab 947ab
200 81b 740c
400 27cde 190ef
600 3f 18h
800 1f 6h
1000 0f 0h
Oltan 0 96ab 1016a
100 95ab 971a
200 81b 690c
400 31cd 257de
600 21de 172efg
800 3f 21gh
1000 0f 0h
Yellow White 0 95ab 1003a
100 93ab 929ab
200 86ab 794cb
400 27cde 268de
600 11ef 117efgh
800 0f 0h
1000 0f 0h
Source DF MS: Seed Germination MS: Germination rate
Cultivar 3 260.7** 39 442**
Cadmium 6 31 554.6** 3 351 260**
Cultivar × Cadmium 18 62.4* 10 090**
Error 84 34.2 3166**
Total 111

*Significant (P ≤ 0.05); **Significant (P ≤ 0.01).

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