Table 7.

Different temperature treatments applied to plants 24 h before flowering

Treatment	Temperature (°C)	Germination rate (%)
Temp. 1	15	22.7 ± 3.9
Temp. 2	20	33.5 ± 1.6
Temp. 3	25	74.1 ± 4.3*
Temp. 4	30	75.8 ± 5.5*
Temp. 5	35	34.2 ± 6.5
Temp. 6	40	5.5 ± 3.2
Temp. 7	45	4.7 ± 2.2

Germination rate is the mean ± SD of five replicates. * Indicates the first echelon of multiple comparison results. ANOVA on pollen germination showed that pollen germination rates differed significantly (P < 0.01) between the temperature treatments, with pollen from the 25 and 30 °C treatments showing significantly higher germination rates than the other treatments