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