The regression models for germination of mung bean seeds sanitised
with hypochlorite and carvacrol, separately, prior their pressurisation
at temperatures ranged between 25 and 40 C showed
that only the linear factor of pressure had a significant effect
(P 6 0.05) on the capacity of germination for both models (Tables
3 and 4). The values of determination coefficients (R2
) were
0.9084 and 0.9079, for the treatment with calcium hypochlorite
or carvacrol, respectively (Tables 3 and 4), indicating that both
models could explain about 91% of the variations in the percentage
of germination, meaning only 9% of the variation was due to other
factors not included in the model. The adjusted values of this coef-
ficient (R2
adj), that are more suited for comparing models with different
numbers of independent variables, were 0.7710 and
0.7696, respectively (Tables 3 and 4), indicating the goodness of
the model.