Population | Mean percent of viable seeds | Percent germinated seeds in lab (non-dormant) | Percent TTC viable seeds (dormant) | Percent intact but dead seeds (TTC non-viable) | Percent germinated/decomposed in field |
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Excavated after 6 months of burial | |||||
Ghibe | 67.1 | 28 | 39.1 | 10.2 | 22.7 |
Hararghe | 75.2 | 71 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 22.3 |
Pawe | 66 | 27.5 | 38.5 | 2.5 | 31.5 |
Tigray | 73.6 | 60.2 | 13.4 | 2.1 | 24.3 |
Wello | 73.4 | 61.7 | 11.7 | 6.7 | 19.9 |
Mean | 71.06 | 49.7 | 21.38 | 4.8 | 24.14 |
SD | 4.19 | 20.44 | 16.28 | 3.56 | 4.40 |
Exhumed after 12 months of burial | |||||
Ghibe | 22.5 | 17.8 | 4.7 | 8.1 | 69.4 |
Hararghe | 4.8 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 91.8 |
Pawe | 9.2 | 7.7 | 1.5 | 5.4 | 85.4 |
Tigray | 4.3 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 95.2 |
Wello | 4.5 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 94.5 |
Mean | 9.06 | 6.74 | 2.32 | 3.68 | 87.26 |
SD | 7.78 | 6.55 | 1.39 | 3.16 | 10.71 |
Exhumed after 18 months of burial | |||||
Ghibe | 3.4 | 1 | 2.4 | 3 | 96.6 |
Hararghe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Pawe | 4.3 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 95.7 |
Tigray | 1.3 | 0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 98.7 |
Wello | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 99.9 |
Mean | 1.82 | 0.48 | 1.34 | 1.74 | 98.18 |
SD | 1.95 | 0.67 | 1.31 | 1.36 | 1.95 |
Exhumed after 24 months of burial | |||||
Ghibe | 4.8 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 12.8 | 82.4 |
Hararghe | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 98.9 |
Pawe | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 6.1 | 93.2 |
Tigray | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 99.1 |
Wello | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 99.2 |
Mean | 1.24 | 0.5 | 0.74 | 4.2 | 94.56 |
SD | 2 | 0.95 | 1.05 | 5.35 | 7.26 |