Variations in growth and genetic properties of Zea mays L. germinants exposed to cold shock

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 3 Germination index II of the test plant upon exposure to cold shock

Time of exposure (h)	Mean germination time (h)	Coefficient of the velocity of germination (d⁻¹)	Germination capacity (%)	Germination rate (d⁻¹)	Mean daily germination (%d⁻¹)
0	116.2^a	0.207^a	90.5^a	1.6^a	12.9^a
0.5	113.8^a	0.211^a	70.5^b	1.4^a	10.2^ab
1.5	115.9^a	0.207^a	60.7^b	1.1^ab	8.6^ab
3	111.6^a	0.215^a	50.5^c	1.1^ab	7.1^ab
6	114.6^a	0.211^a	40.5^cd	0.8^bc	5.7^bc
12	116.6^a	0.206^a	30.0d	0.5^c	4.3^c
p value	0.613	0.427	0.002	0.036	0.067

The mean on a similar column with the same alphabetic superscripts do not differ from each other (p > 0.05)