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. 2023 May 25;36(3):273–284. doi: 10.1007/s00497-023-00469-4

Table 2.

Number of viable and sterile pollen grains from cowpea IT86D-1010 plants grown in a greenhouse, treated two times with different dosages of TFMSA

TFMSA (concentration mg/l) Number of plants Total pollen grains Number of viable pollen grains Number of sterile pollen grains Overall % sterile Significant difference from control
Control 1 298 239 59 19
2 221 173 48
62.5 1 200 95 105 63 **
2 184 49 135
125 1 279 115 164 59 **
2 230 0 230
3 229 188 41
250 1 194 0 194 76 **
2 265 147 118
3 163 1 162
500 1 191 0 191 68 **
2 387 63 324
3 268 211 57
1000 1 205 1 204 99 **
2 192 1 191
3 214 4 210

One flower from each plant was collected and two anthers from each flower were dissected. Viable and sterile pollens were counted as total pollen number of two anthers

**Significantly different from the control at 1%, Chi-squared test