## 3 Results and Discussion  
A summary table of the data is presented in Table 1. The seed germination and seedling characteristics of broccoli and cucumber plants were analyzed as described previously, and the characteristics with significant differences are displayed in Figures 3 and 4, respectively. \begin{table}
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\begin{tabular}{c} **Seed** \\ **Species** \\ \end{tabular} & **Treatments** & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**Seed Germination (\%)**} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**SVI I (mm)**} & \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{Broccoli} & & Day 3 & Day 5 & Day 7 & Day 5 & Day 7 & SVI II (mg) & SVI III (mg) \\  & Control & 81 \(\pm\) 6 & 97 \(\pm\) 3 & 97 \(\pm\) 3 & 2652 \(\pm\) 264 & 5546 \(\pm\) 604 & 2719 \(\pm\) 261 & 310 \(\pm\) 27.4 \\ \cline{1-1}  & NTP 10 & 73 \(\pm\) 10 & 88 \(\pm\) 8 & 89 \(\pm\) 7 & 2304 \(\pm\) 441 & 5161 \(\pm\) 1058 & 2518 \(\pm\) 301 & 260 \(\pm\) 36.1 \\ \cline{1-1}  & NTP 15 & 79 \(\pm\) 8 & 95 \(\pm\) 5 & 97 \(\pm\) 3 & 2504 \(\pm\) 242.1 & 6065 \(\pm\) 391 & 2910 \(\pm\) 322.1 & 316 \(\pm\) 35 \\ \cline{1-1}  & Control & 42 \(\pm\) 13 & 81 \(\pm\) 5 & 81 \(\pm\) 5 & 2516 \(\pm\) 504 & 5544 \(\pm\) 946 & 6309 \(\pm\) 1927 & 1093 \(\pm\) 219 \\ \cline{1-1}  & NTP 10 & 16 \(\pm\) 5 & 80 \(\pm\) 0.4 & 81 \(\pm\) 2 & 2285 \(\pm\) 118 & 5845 \(\pm\) 522 & 7558 \(\pm\) 958 & 1213 \(\pm\) 73 \\ \cline{1-1}  & NTP 15 & 10 \(\pm\) 7 & 93 \(\pm\) 3 & 94 \(\pm\) 2 & 3219 \(\pm\) 231 & 8222 \(\pm\) 381 & 9764 \(\pm\) 707 & 1557 \(\pm\) 123 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 1: Comparative table summarizing the performance metrics of each treatment group across both seed species. The data are presented as mean \(\pm\) SD, where SD is standard deviation. Figure 2: Schematic diagram representing the arrangement of the seeds after NTP and hydropriming on pre-wetted filter paper. but significantly lower in the NTP 10 treatment as compared to the control and other treatments. For other characteristics, there was no significant effect seen on germination and seedling vitality index I on Day 5 and Day 7 and for SVI II (mg) (Figure 3b and Figure 3c), respectively. On the other hand, significant improvement was observed in the case of cucumber seeds, as shown in Figure 4a-d. On Day 3, albeit the control cucumber seeds showed significantly higher seed germination when compared to the treated ones, as the time progressed, i.e., on Day 5 and Day 7, respectively, the NTP 10 treatment caught up and the NTP 15 treatment overtook the control (Figure 4a). However, what's even more interesting is the improvement of seedling vitality indexes (Figure 4b-d) indicating the quality of young plants, which are significantly higher for the NTP 15 group than for the others. As was shown earlier, the combination of NTP and hydropriming has a positive effect on cucumber variety only. In the case of broccoli, there were no significant differences except the slight decrease in germination of the NTP 10 treatment. As can be seen, this procedure may not always lead to a successful outcome, but its application may not bring any effect or may even degrade the resulting quality. One possibility is that redrying/seed desiccation after NTP and hydropriming treatment may affect physiochemical processes, resulting in lower seed longevity and viability [28]. Alternatively, it is possible that 24 h hydropriming treatment time might be too long for the broccoli seeds, leading to loss of seed tolerance to desiccation [29], especially after NTP treatment. Variations in the species, cultivars, varieties, or individual plants and their seeds may also account for these differences. One possible reason for such variation in the results in broccoli seeds could be attributed to the intraspecies differences due to genetic polymorphism or differences in the germination ability based on the seed size, shape, weight, and color [11].