Table 4.
Effect of dry heat treatment on the germination rate of red radish seeds

Soaking time (sec)	Treatment temp. (°C)	Microbial population (log CFU/g)
		No soaking	Soaking
		Control		88.0±3.5	90.0±4.1
5	70	75.0±4.6**	90.2±3.4NS
	80	69.7±2.5***	85.0±6.2NS
	90	67.3±5.3***	76.4±5.9*
	100	59.5±4.4***	66.0±8.3***
F-value ( p )		29.065***	11.387***

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