## 2 Results
### Effectiveness of EO in Contact Germination Test (Filter Paper Substrate)
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**Target** & **EO** & **G** & **MGT** & **SVI** & **Root** & **Shoot** \\
**Species** & **(\(\mu\)L/mL)** & **(\%)** & **CVG** & **MGT** & **SVI** & **(mm)** & **(mm)** \\ \hline \multicolumn{8}{c}{_Juniperus communis_ **var. saxutils**} \\ \hline \multirow{8}{*}{_Lolium_ _multiforum_} & 0 & 90.0 \(\pm\) 3.5 a & 84.8 \(\pm\) 4.6 a & 5.0 \(\pm\) 0.1 a & 7037 \(\pm\) 568 a & 42.9 \(\pm\) 3.3 a & 35.2 \(\pm\) 0.5 a \\  & 2 & 53.5 \(\pm\) 13.0 b & 37.1 \(\pm\) 14.7 b & 5.4 \(\pm\) 0.1 b & 2632 \(\pm\) 678 b & 34.9 \(\pm\) 2.9 b & 14.4 \(\pm\) 3.8 b \\  & 5 & 31.8 \(\pm\) 13.9 c & 17.8 \(\pm\) 8.9 c & 5.4 \(\pm\) 0.2 b & 1020 \(\pm\) 660 c & 20.4 \(\pm\) 6.7 c & 9.3 \(\pm\) 2.0 c \\  & 10 & 0.0 \(\pm\) 0.0 d & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. \\ \cline{2-8}  & \(F\) & 61.330 & 68.439 & 2630.647 & 126.727 & 88.602 & 187.572 \\  & _p_-value & 0.000 * & 0.000 * & 0.000 * & 0.000 * & 0.000 * & 0.000 * \\ \hline \multirow{8}{*}{_Sinapis_ _alba_} & 0 & 81.8 \(\pm\) 6.7 a & 103.8 \(\pm\) 9.4 a & 4.3 \(\pm\) 0.1 a & 2780 \(\pm\) 361 a & 16.8 \(\pm\) 1.9 a & 17.2 \(\pm\) 1.7 a \\  & 2 & 49.8 \(\pm\) 8.3 b & 41.9 \(\pm\) 9.9 b & 4.5 \(\pm\) 0.2 ab & 1686 \(\pm\) 326 b & 20.6 \(\pm\) 1.9 b & 13.2 \(\pm\) 0.7 b \\  & 5 & 39.8 \(\pm\) 13.5 b & 35.2 \(\pm\) 3.7 b & 4.9 \(\pm\) 0.3 b & 705 \(\pm\) 165 c & 7.7 \(\pm\) 1.2 c & 10.4 \(\pm\) 2.1 b \\  & 10 & 38.3 \(\pm\) 3.5 b & 31.6 \(\pm\) 16.9 b & 5.0 \(\pm\) 0.2 b & 683 \(\pm\) 155 c & 7.3 \(\pm\) 2.3 c & 10.5 \(\pm\) 1.1 b \\ \cline{2-8}  & \(F\) & 21.253 & 37.024 & 7.728 & 55.029 & 51.470 & 17.225 \\  & _p_-value & 0.000 * & 0.000 * & 0.004 * & 0.000 * & 0.000 * & 0.000 * \\ \hline \multicolumn{8}{c}{_Interaction species \(\times\) treatment_} \\ \hline \multirow{8}{*}{_Lolium_ _multiforum_} & \(F\) & 10.297 & 2.403 & 460.778 & 48.706 & 39.572 & 79.502 \\  & _p_-value & 0.000 * & 0.092 & 0.000 * & 0.000 * & 0.000 * & 0.000 * \\ \hline \multicolumn{8}{c}{_Larix decidua_} \\ \hline \multirow{8}{*}{_Sinapis_ _alba_} & 0 & 91.5 \(\pm\) 3.0 a & 84.0 \(\pm\) 8.3 a & 5.2 \(\pm\) 0.1 a & 8338 \(\pm\) 714 a & 49.4 \(\pm\) 3.6 a & 41.7 \(\pm\) 3.9 a \\  & 2 & 51.5 \(\pm\) 12.8 b & 31.2 \(\pm\) 8.9 b & 5.5 \(\pm\) 0.1 b & 2227 \(\pm\) 824 b & 16.6 \(\pm\) 5.7 b & 36.2 \(\pm\) 8.2 b \\  & 5 & 0.0 \(\pm\) 0.0 c & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. \\  & 10 & 0.0 \(\pm\) 0.0 c & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. & n.d. \\ \cline{2-8}  & \(F\) & 183.326 & 169.513 & 15,155.667 & 208.653 & 191.104 & 214.739 \\  & _p_-value & 0.000 * & 0.000 * & 0.000 * & 0.000 * & 0.000 * \\ \hline \multicolumn{8}{c}{_Interaction species \(\times\) treatment_} \\ \hline \multirow{8}{*}{_Sinapis_ _alba_} & 0 & 71.8 \(\pm\) 6.2 a & 76.3 \(\pm\) 6.6 a & 4.5 \(\pm\) 0.2 a & 2892 \(\pm\) 288 a & 16.9 \(\pm\) 1.3 a & 23.4 \(\pm\) 1.8 a \\  & 2 & 66.5 \(\pm\) 12.2 a & 62.4 \(\pm\) 21.3 a & 4.9 \(\pm\) 0.2 b & 2029 \(\pm\) 461 b & 14.0 \(\pm\) 2.5 a & 16.3 \(\pm\) 1.3 ab \\ \cline{1-1}  & 5 & 64.8 \(\pm\) 9.9 a & 56.3 \(\pm\) 11.1 a & 5.0 \(\pm\) 0.1 b & 1610 \(\pm\) 315 b & 9.7 \(\pm\) 2.4 b & 15.3 \(\pm\) 2.1 b \\ \cline{1-1}  & 10 & 18.3 \(\pm\) 6.7 b & 12.8 \(\pm\) 5.5 b & 5.0 \(\pm\) 0.2 b & 252 \(\pm\) 108 c & 9.2 \(\pm\) 1.9 b & 18.3 \(\pm\) 6.7 ab \\ \cline{1-1} \cline{2-8}  & \(F\) & 29.871 & 18.409 & 7.446 & 47.666 & 12.202 & 3.851 \\ \cline{1-1}  & _p_-value & 0.000 * & 0.000 * & 0.000 * & 0.000 * & 0.001 * & 0.038 * \\ \hline \multicolumn{8}{c}{_Interaction species \(\times\) treatment_} \\ \hline \multirow{8}{*}{_Sinapis_ _alba_} & \(F\) & 38.219 & 14.891 & 1426.056 & 96.108 & 99.856 & 60.698 \\  & _p_-value & 0.000 * & 0.000 * & 0.000 * & 0.000 * & 0.000 * \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}  
* Values are mean \(\pm\) standard deviation; asterisk and different letters indicate statistically significant differences at _p_-value \(\leq\) 0.05 among treatments in each species. _F_-value and _p_-value of the ANOVA test. Abbreviations: G%, Germination percentage; CVG, Coefficient of Velocity of Germination; MGT, Mean Germination Time, SVI, Seeding Vigor Index.  
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