Journal of Ecology and Environment

Table. 1. Table 1

Comparison of the physical characteristics of four different plant seeds

	p-value	Brassica napus L.	Gossypium hirsutum L.	Glycine max (L.) Merr.	Zea mays L.
Length (cm)	< 0.001	0.20 ± 0.03^d	0.83 ± 0.08^b	0.68 ± 0.05^c	1.03 ± 0.16^a
Width (cm)	< 0.001	0.18 ± 0.03^c	0.43 ± 0.05^b	0.63 ± 0.08^a	0.61 ± 0.10^a
Thickness (cm)	< 0.001	0.19 ± 0.02^d	0.49 ± 0.05^c	0.69 ± 0.05^b	0.81 ± 0.10^a
Weight (g)	< 0.001	0.24 ± 0.02^c	5.10 ± 1.32^b	17.87 ± 2.05^a	18.69 ± 1.33^a

Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation (n = 20), excluding weight. Seed weights of four plant species were calculated as the average weight of 100 seed batches in four replicates. p-values are based on one-way analysis of variance, and the values in a column followed by the same letters are not significantly different at the 0.05 level, as determined using Duncan’s test.

J Ecol Environ 2024;48:- https://doi.org/10.5141/jee.24.070