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Table 2 Percentages of positive and negative values 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

Doses of EMS

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

Giza 9

Level (I) of EMS

12.51

15.66

28.57

19.68

39.33

11.44

26.11

25.39

44.44

-15.38

Level (II) of EMS

33.12

20.30

38.09

40.85

73.82

42.64

32.68

89.89

84.02

-11.53

Level (III) of EMS

35.51

30.56

61.90

42.50

80.60

46.84

35.13

98.99

119.44

-7.69

Mean of improvement

27.04

22.17

42.85

34.34

64.58

33.64

31.30

71.42

82.63

-11.53

Giza 29

Level (I) of EMS

13.96

14.41

11.76

20.30

17.19

2.44

23.74

16.75

27.20

-15.78

Level (II) of EMS

24.84

20.78

29.41

35.03

23.46

9.98

25.28

37.31

61.60

5.26

Level (III) of EMS

29.32

27.34

52.94

40.13

24.81

14.38

26.98

47.93

98.40

-5.26

Mean of improvement

22.70

20.84

31.37

31.82

21.82

8.93

25.33

33.99

62.40

-5.26

Giza 51

Level (I) of EMS

12.36

7.32

16.0

10.62

16.66

8.26

19.50

21.65

30.81

-11.11

Level (II) of EMS

23.49

20.50

36.0

24.81

30.53

34.90

30.64

66.59

68.64

22.22

Level (III) of EMS

29.21

23.43

48.0

26.59

43.41

39.22

35.53

79.89

91.89

-22.22

Mean of improvement

21.68

17.08

33.33

20.67

30.20

27.46

28.55

56.04

63.78

-3.70