Fig. 1. Effects of planting depth, soil pathogens, and seed quality on final emergence of soybean seedlings when pregerminated and dry seed were planted in sterile and nonsterile soil. Data were averaged across seedlots within a vigor level. Soil moisture content was a constant -0.005 MPa. Shallow planting = 25 mm, deep planting = 60 mm. LSD is for the comparison of any two means.

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