For each trial, the final germination percentages were calculated and arc-sine
transformed values were subjected to analysis of variance using the computing package
SPSS. One-way factorial ANOVA was performed with pretreatment or temperature as the
main factors and the replicates as the error term. A comparison of means among results
from the different incubation temperatures was carried out through the least significant
difference test (LSD) at the 5% level of probability.