Table 4. Germination characteristics of seeds stored for 52 days according to desiccation levels.

Treatment	Moisture content (%)	Germination percentage (%)	T50 (day)	Mean germination time (day)	Germination speed	Coefficient of uniformity of germination
control	28.1±1.4 a	86.7±9.4 a	28.5±1.8 b	28.7±1.1 b	0.47±0.03 a	0.05±0.02
I	18.6±0.7 b	93.3±5.4 a	27.3±1.2 b	28.2±1.1 b	0.51±0.04 a	0.06±0.03
II	5.3±0.5 c	20.0±11.0 b	36.9±3.6 a	36.6±3.0 a	0.08±0.04 b	0.63±0.77
III	2.5±0.1 d	5.0±6.4 b	35.0±1.4 a	35.0±1.4 a	0.04±0.02 b	-
Significance	***	***	***	***	***	NS

NS and are non-significant and significant at p < 0.001, respectively.