Table 3.
Effect of hot water treatment on the germination rate of red radish seeds

Soaking time (sec)	Treatment temp. (°C)	Germination rate (%)
		No treatment	Treatment
		Control		92.8±2.3	94.8±5.1
30	60	94.7±3.1NS	96.7±2.3NS
	65	92.3±2.1NS	94.8±2.9NS
	70	87.4±5.3NS	89.7±8.2NS
	75	76.3±11.4**	78.0±5.9***
	80	13.2±11.2***	24.8±11.0***
	90	2.4±1.5***	3.7±1.9***
F-value ( p )		160.869***	236.852***
60	60	92.8±6.5NS	97.3±2.0NS
	65	87.3±10.4NS	90.6±5.1NS
	70	82.0±4.7NS	85.2±9.0NS
	75	67.3±10.8***	68.7±15.5***
	80	9.3±5.0***	13.5±6.0***
	90	0.5±0.7***	1.0±0.7***
F-value ( p )		148.943***	163.960***
t-value ( p )		-0.111	0.484

significant at p<0.01, and p<0.001, respectively
significant at p<0.01, and p<0.001, respectively
significant at p<0.01, and p<0.001, respectively