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Table 1 Average for lentil M2 seedling traits under control and ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS)

From: Genetic Amelioration in lentil (Lens culinaris L.) using Different Doses of Ethyl Methane Sulphonate

Treatments

Traits

Germination %

Seedling Fresh weight (g)

Seedling dry weight (g)

Shoot length (cm)

Root length (cm)

Seedling length (cm)

Germination energy %

Seedling vigor index 1

Seedling vigor index 2

Electrical conductivity

A. Level of trait

Low vigor

68.73

0.478

0.017

10.39

7.22

12.95

69.87

962.44

1.25

0.07

High vigor

96.03

0.680

0.037

18.24

14.37

25.14

96.0

2341.53

3.55

0.26

Ftest

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

B. EMS doses

Giza 9

Control

68.73

0.517

0.021

12.80

7.22

17.12

71.04

1176.65

1.44

0.26

Level (I) of EMS

77.33

0.598

0.027

15.32

10.06

19.08

89.59

1475.45

2.08

0.22

Level (II) of EMS

91.50

0.622

0.029

18.03

12.55

24.42

94.26

2234.43

2.65

0.23

Level (III) of EMS

93.14

0.675

0.034

18.24

13.04

25.14

96.0

2341.53

3.16

0.24

Mean of mutagenesis

87.32

0.631

0.03

17.19

11.88

22.88

93.28

2017.13

2.63

0.23

Ftest

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

LSD at 0.05

1.28

1.74

1.53

1.68

2.06

2.54

1.39

4.19

1.05

0.36

Giza 29

Control

73.82

0.534

0.017

10.39

8.14

14.32

73.41

1057.10

1.25

0.19

Level (I) of EMS

84.13

0.611

0.019

12.50

9.54

14.67

90.84

1234.18

1.59

0.16

Level (II) of EMS

92.16

0.645

0.022

14.03

10.05

15.75

91.97

1451.52

2.02

0.20

Level (III) of EMS

95.47

0.680

0.026

14.56

10.16

16.38

93.22

1563.79

2.48

0.18

Mean of mutagenesis

90.58

0.645

0.022

13.69

9.91

15.60

92.01

1416.49

2.03

0.18

Ftest

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

LSD at 0.05

1.46

1.37

1.44

1.15

1.78

3.08

1.52

3.72

2.54

0.15

Giza 51

Control

74.32

0.478

0.025

13.46

10.02

12.95

69.87

962.44

1.85

0.09

Level (I) of EMS

83.51

0.513

0.029

14.89

11.69

14.02

83.50

1170.81

2.42

0.08

Level (II) of EMS

91.78

0.576

0.034

16.80

13.08

17.47

91.28

1603.39

3.12

0.11

Level (III) of EMS

96.03

0.590

0.037

17.04

14.37

18.03

94.70

1731.42

3.55

0.07

Mean of mutagenesis

90.44

0.559

0.033

16.24

13.04

16.50

89.82

1501.87

3.03

0.086

Ftest

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

LSD at 0.05

1.71

1.54

1.16

2.18

2.11

1.57

1.06

3.15

1.82

0.027

  1. **Highly significant differences at level 1%
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