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Table 4 Effect of different extracted IAA concentrations on the seed germination parameters of sweet basil (O. basilicum)

From: Optimisation of indole acetic acid production by Neopestalotiopsis aotearoa endophyte isolated from Thymus vulgaris and its impact on seed germination of Ocimum basilicum

IAA

concentration

(ppm)

Germination

percentage

(%)

Germination initial time

(day)

speed of germination (seed /day)

Mean germination time (day)

Days to 50% germination

Coefficient velocity of germination

(%)

Root length

(cm)

0

52 ± 2.0d

7.2 ± 0.2a

1.21 ± 0.06e

8.89 ± 0.08a

11.6 ± 0.24a

11.24 ± 0.10d

0.72 ± 0.02f

25

69 ± 1.0c

6.0 ± 0.0b

1.75 ± 0.02d

8.24 ± 0.09b

9.0 ± 0.0b

12.14 ± 0.13c

1.23 ± 0.10e

50

79 ± 4.0b

5.0 ± 0.0c

2.19 ± 0.14c

7.68 ± 0.15c

8.2 ± 0.20c

13.04 ± 0.27b

2.07 ± 0.06c

75

83 ± 2.5b

4.2 ± 0.2d

2.64 ± 0.13b

7.02 ± 0.11d

7.2 ± 0.20d

14.26 ± 0.23a

2.54 ± 0.07b

100

95 ± 1.6a

4.0 ± 0.0d

3.04 ± 0.05a

6.95 ± 0.09d

6.8 ± 0.20d

14.41 ± 0.19a

3.49 ± 0.07a

150

71 ± 1.9c

5.0 ± 0.0c

1.99 ± 0.04cd

7.61 ± 0.07c

8.4 ± 0.24c

13.14 ± 0.13b

1.45 ± 0.05d

  1. Mean followed by the same letter within columns are not significantly different at the P < 0.05 level of significance using Duncan’s multiple range test. Values reported are the means ± standard error (n = 6)