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Table 3 Effect of seed hardening on radicale fresh weight (g/plant) and seedling fresh weight (g/plant)

From: Enhancing thermotolerance of tomato plants (Lycopersieon esculentum Mill.) by heat hardening of seeds

Treatment		Radicale fresh wt. (g/plant)			Seedling fresh wt. (g/plant)
Temp (°C)	Exposure period (h)	Radicale fresh wt. (g/plant)			Seedling fresh wt. (g/plant)
Temp (°C)	Exposure period (h)	5 min	3 h	6 h	5 min	3 h	6 h
Control		0.001	0.011	0.012	0.081	0.080	0.080
50	0.5	0.012	0.011	0.012	0.085	0.077	0.077
	1	0.012	0.011	0.011	0.087	0.075	0.077
	2	0.012	0.011	0.011	0.082	0.072	0.072
60	0.5	0.012	0.010	0.011	0.087	0.073	0.074
	1	0.012	0.009	0.010	0.088	0.074	0.072
	2	0.012	0.009	0.009	0.083	0.070	0.069
70	0.5	0.011	0.009	0.008	0.084	0.055	0.051
	1	0.011	0.008	0.008	0.082	0.056	0.051
	2	0.011	0.007	0.007	0.082	0.055	0.050
LSD of interaction		0.001			0.003

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