International Journal of Horticulture, 2025, Vol.15, No.6, 312-322 http://hortherbpublisher.com/index.php/ijh 315 2.5 Statistical analysis The obtained data were then analyzed by using MS-Excel and GenStat (15th edition). The data recorded as percentage were transformed to the respective angular (arcsine) values before subjecting them to statistical analyses and mean comparisons were done by Duncan Multiple Range Tests (DMRT) at 0.05 level of significance. 3 Results and Analysis 3.1 Effect on the root and shoot length of seedlings The application of various priming treatments showed the significant variation in the root length and shoot length of seedlings as given on Table 3. The maximum roots length was observed in osmo priming (4.16 cm) followed by hydropriming (unsoaked) (4 cm), botanical priming (3.5 cm), hormonal priming (3 cm), hydropriming (12 hours soaked) (2.85 cm), nutritional priming (2.81 cm), biological priming (2.34 cm) and halo priming (1.80 cm) respectively. Similarly, the maximum shoots length was recorded in hormonal priming (10.12 cm) followed by hydropriming (12 hours soaked) (10 cm), botanical priming (9.11 cm), biological priming (8.99 cm), nutritional priming (7.89 cm), osmo priming (6.97 cm), halo priming (6.49) and hydro (unsoaked) (5.65 cm) respectively as shown in Figure 1. Table 3 Effect of different seeds priming on germination and its parameters Treatment RL (cm) SL (cm) GP% GE GRI MGT SoG SVI AC T1 2.733c 10.033a 86.67ab 0.8667ab 6.972ab 1.498c 2.361bc 553.0a 0.2735e T2 1.800d 6.483cd 80.00ab 0.8000ab 5.750b 1.837b 2.000bc 332.3c 0.2785de T3 4.160a 6.753c 83.33ab 0.8333ab 6.917ab 1.472c 2.306bc 455.8ab 0.6171b T4 2.950bc 10.012a 80.00ab 0.8000ab 6.972ab 1.375c 2.667b 522.8ab 0.2919de T5 2.777c 7.887b 83.33ab 0.8333ab 6.889ab 1.392c 2.583bc 442.8abc 0.3530cd T6 3.307b 8.803b 90.00a 0.9000a 7.722a 1.497c 4.056a 545.9 0.3761c T7 2.500c 8.733b 76.67ab 0.7667ab 6.028ab 1.613bc 2.944b 431.3bc 0.2877de T8 4.000a 5.650d 70.00ab 0.7000b 2.750c 2.762a 1.750c 337.7c 0.7109a LSD(5%) 0.4191 0.877 16.49 0.1649 1.549 0.3018 1.025 107.4 0.06955 SEM(±) 0.1382 0.289 5.44 0.0544 0.51 0.0995 0.338 35.4 0.02293 Fpr <0.001 <0.001 NS NS <0.001 <0.001 NS 0.002 <0.001 CV% 0.7 3.7 1.5 1.5 2.0 1.4 3.2 3.4 4.7 Grandmean 3.028 8.06 81.2 0.812 6.25 1.662 2.58 453 0.3986 Note: LSD = Least significant difference; CV% = Coefficient of variation; SEM (±) = Standard error of mean; NS = Non significant; values superscripted with different letters in same column are significantly different at p≤0.05 (DMRT) Figure 1 Effect of different priming treatments on root and shoot lengths of okra seedlings Note: AV RL- Average root length; AV SL- Average shoot length; NaCl- Sodium chloride; KNO3- Potassium nitrate; GA3Gibberellic acid; SOP- Sulphate of potash; ppm- Parts per million
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