Table 2 Results of three-way ANOVA showing the effects of time of seed collection, and temperature and light of incubation on final germination of Citrullus colocynthis seeds from fresh fruits
Source | df | Mean Squares | F-Ratio | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(A) Final germination percentage (arcsine transformed) | ||||
 Collection time (CT) | 4 | 4.597 | 548.952 | <0.001 |
 Temperature (T) | 2 | 2.503 | 298.902 | <0.001 |
 Light (L) | 1 | 0.816 | 97.477 | <0.001 |
 CT x T | 8 | 0.689 | 82.238 | <0.001 |
 CT x L | 4 | 0.356 | 42.532 | <0.001 |
 T x L | 2 | 1.502 | 179.344 | <0.001 |
 CT x T x L | 8 | 0.524 | 62.534 | <0.001 |
 Error | 90 | 0.008 |  |  |
(B) Germination rate index (log transformed) | ||||
 Collection time (CT) | 4 | 23.709 | 22,256.983 | <0.001 |
 Temperature (T) | 2 | 63.248 | 59,373.865 | <0.001 |
 CM x T | 8 | 5.947 | 5582.507 | <0.001 |
 Error | 45 | 0.001 |  |  |