Table 4 Results of three-way ANOVA showing the effects of storage, and temperature and light of incubation on final germination of Citrullus colocynthis seeds matured in December
Source | Df | Mean Squares | F-Ratio | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(A) Final germination percentage (arcsine transformed) | ||||
 Storage (S) | 1 | 2.039 | 140.604 | 0.000 |
 Temperature (T) | 2 | 1.185 | 81.703 | 0.000 |
 Light (L) | 1 | 0.935 | 64.482 | 0.000 |
 S * T | 2 | 0.132 | 9.089 | 0.001 |
 S * L | 1 | 0.466 | 32.132 | 0.000 |
 T * L | 2 | 3.521 | 242.828 | 0.000 |
 S * T * L | 2 | 0.710 | 48.930 | 0.000 |
 Error | 36 | 0.015 |  |  |
(B) Germination rate index (log transformed) | ||||
 Storage (S) | 1 | 0.013 | 1.825 | 0.193 |
 Temperature (T) | 2 | 34.467 | 4931.527 | 0.000 |
 S x T | 2 | 0.023 | 3.231 | 0.063 |
 Error | 18 | 0.007 |  |  |