The results for germination test under different treatments are presented in
Table (1). The effect of mutagen on total number of seedling emerged was not
strongly pronounced. However, there was stimulation in emergence in most
treatments. The relatively lower number of seedling emerged in Start genotype was
not due to treatment effect per se but due to the lower percentage of germination in
this genotype compared with the other varieties under normal conditions. Seedling
emergence reduction of barley genotypes in response to MNH mutagen treatments is
presented in Figure (1).