Germination percentage
The germination of seeds observed after 8 weeks, showed
a varied cumulative percentage, ranged from 27.85 to
70.28%, depending on the types of seeds, length of
seeds heating and storage time. No significant difference
was found for the percentage of germination of the two
categories of seeds with the various treatments (Table 1).
However, the highest germination percentage (70.28%)
was obtained with seeds of the category C70XX, stored
for 3 months and heated for 60 days, while the lowest
germination percentage was observed with the seeds of
genotype C24XX stored for 6 months and heated for 80
days. Considering each genotype of seeds, the highest
percentage of germination (67.29%) of seed type C24XX
was obtained with fresh seeds heated at 40°C for 60
days, while the lowest germination percentage (27.85%)
was obtained with the seeds stored for 6 months and
heated at 40°C for 80 days. Seed of genotype C70XX
shows the highest germination percentage (70.28%) was
obtained when stored for 3 months and heated for 60
days. When stored for 6 months and heated for 40 days
presented the lowest percentage (33.74 %) of
germination (Table 1).