3 Germination analysis

After the data collection, the information can be processed using GerminaR by the R console or using the GerminaQuant App. The web application can be used in any device in an interactive way. The application is compound for different tabs (Table 3.1) that allow to make the analysis very easy.

Table 3.1: Name and description of each tab of GerminaQuant to evaluate and analyze the germination process.
Tabs Description
Presentation Presentation of the application, principal characteristics and contributors
User Manual User manual explain the meaning of each index and how to collect and process your data
Fieldbook Interface to upload the field book and choose the parameter for the germination analysis, GerminaQuant allows to upload the data from google sheet or excel file
Germination Calculate automatically the germination variables and export the data file.
Boxplot Interface to explore your data and their distribution
Statistics Interface to choose the variables according the experimental design for analysis of variance and summarize the information according the principal mean comparison test
Graphics Graphic the mean comparison test for the variables selected in the statistical analysis and plot the information in customized bar or line plot.
InTime Selecting the factor from your experiment, allows plotting the germination process in time.
Tools Tool for calculate the osmotic potential for any salt or PEG for germination experiments