Table 2. Germination characteristics of fresh seeds according to desiccation levels.

Treatment	Moisture content (%)	Germination percentage (%)	T50 (day)	Mean germination time (day)	Germination speed	Coefficient of uniformity of germination
Control	32.8±1.5 a	81.0±12.4 a	21.6±1.1 c	22.3±1.3 c	0.92±0.15 a	0.13±0.05 ab
I	4.8±0.1 b	81.0±6.0 a	23.2±0.4 c	24.2±0.9 c	0.85±0.06 a	0.14±0.11 b
II	2.3±0.1 b	55.0±5.0 b	31.5±1.1 b	33.6±0.8 b	0.44±0.04 b	0.01±0 b
III	2.2±0.4 b	30.0±2.3 c	36.8±1.9 a	39.2±2.7 a	0.2±0.02 c	0.01±0.01 ab
Significance	***	***	***	***	***	*

are significant at p < 0.05 and 0.001, respectively.