Table 5 Effect of seed hardening on photosynthetic pigments (mg/gm fresh weight of leaves) and carbohydrate content of shoots (mg/glucose/g dry wt.)

0.563^e

0.225^d

0.788^fg

0.217^f

18.26^e

32.11^d

137.90^a

50

0.5

0.565^e

0.210^e

0.785^g

0.222^ef

18.01^e

30.92^d

140.73^a

1

0.580^d

0.232^cd

0.812^e

0.231^de

24.43^b

36.35^b

125.62^c

2

0.603^c

0.230^cd

0.833^d

0.238^d

22.37^cd

34.55^c

112.06^d

60

0.5

0.581^d

0.226^d

0.807^ef

0.239^d

22.37^cd

38.07^b

114.14^d

1

0.642^b

0.230^cd

0.872^bc

0.299^a

27.14^a

46.14^a

89.96^f

2

0.683^a

0.250^a

0.933^a

0.308^a

28.22^a

44.92^a

103.15^e

70

0.5

0.611^c

0.248^ab

0.883^b

0.285^b

22.55^c

38.22^b

112.36^d

1

0.642^b

0.241^bc

0.859^c

0.268^c

21.06^d

34.57^c

113.20^d

2

0.617^c

0.238^bc

0.855^c

0.262^c

22.14^cd

31.91^d

131.09^b

0.014

0.011

0.020

0.009

1.32

1.76

5.07