Effect of seed priming with PEG and soil moisture stress on sorghum germination.^a

<p>Numbers represent F-values at 0.05 probability level</p><p>* Significant at 0.05 probability level</p><p>^aSorghum seeds were primed with 20% (w/v) PEG 8000 at 18°C for 24 h. The unprimed and primed sorghum seeds were germinated under unstressed soil moisture environment (Unstressed control), drought, EM, 8 d drought stress followed by EM, and 8 d EM followed by drought stress, respectively.</p><p>^bAbbreviations: DAP, days after planting; EM, excessive soil moisture; LSD, least significant difference; PEG, polyethylene glycol; ST, seed treatment; SMT, soil moisture treatment</p><p>Effect of seed priming with PEG and soil moisture stress on sorghum germination.^{<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0140620#t001fn003" target="_blank">a</a>}