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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	99^a	1073^a
	100	98^a	1025^a
	200	93^ab	920^ab
	400	43^c	405^d
	600	12^ef	93^fgh
	800	2^f	13^h
	1000	0^f	0^h
Nazok Shakhei	0	93^ab	999^a
	100	92^ab	947^ab
	200	81^b	740^c
	400	27^cde	190^ef
	600	3^f	18^h
	800	1^f	6^h
	1000	0^f	0^h
Oltan	0	96^ab	1016^a
	100	95^ab	971^a
	200	81^b	690^c
	400	31^cd	257^de
	600	21^de	172^efg
	800	3^f	21^gh
	1000	0^f	0^h
Yellow White	0	95^ab	1003^a
	100	93^ab	929^ab
	200	86^ab	794^cb
	400	27^cde	268^de
	600	11^ef	117^efgh
	800	0^f	0^h
	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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