Applied Biological Chemistry

Table 2 Germination rate of various seeds after sequential presoaking and ClO₂ treatment

From: Effect of sequential presoaking and chlorine dioxide treatment on the inactivation of pathogenic Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. on sprout seeds

Seeds	Germination rate (%)
	1 day		2 days		3 days
	Untreated	ClO₂ treated	Untreated	ClO₂ treated	Untreated	ClO₂ treated
Radish	87.7^a	85.3^a	94.0^a	93.7^a	97.0^a	97.0^a
Red Radish	88.0^a	86.3^a	94.0^a	93.3^a	96.7^a	97.7^a
Crimson clover	73.7^a	57.7^b	82.7^a	85.0^a	84.0^a	87.7^a
Kohlrabi	71.7^a	80.7^a	96.3^a	92.0^a	98.0^a	96.3^a
Red Kohlrabi	85.3^a	87.7^a	96.0^a	93.0^a	97.0^a	93.7^a
Rape seed	76.0^a	78.0^a	90.7^a	87.7^a	94.0^a	91.7^a
Tatsoi	50.3^b	88.0^a	97.7^a	96.0^a	99.0^a	98.3^a
Cabbage	76.0^a	79.0^a	90.7^a	84.7^a	92.0^a	93.0^a
Alfalfa	87.0^b	95.0^a	93.0^b	97.0^a	97.0^a	98.0^a

The same letters in each row are not significantly different from the germination rate in the comparison between untreated and ClO₂-treated groups on the same day with p < 0.05 according to Tukey’s test

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