There were no significant differences in germination
percentage among treatments irrespective of
variety (Table 1). All the three concentrations of chitosan
significantly increased the GI and reduced the
MGT when compared with controls in both lines
tested. The GI and the MGT of 0.50% chitosan priming treatment were significantly higher and lower
than those of 0.75% chitosan treatment, respectively,
but were not significantly different from those of
0.25% chitosan treatment in Mo17; however, there
were no significant differences among the three
priming treatments with chitosan in HuangC.