. 2023 Oct 27;14:1268726. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1268726

Table 1.

Fruit and seed characters in crosses using fresh and cryopreserved pollen in Luffa species.

Parameters	Fruit set (%)		Fruit length (cm)		Fruit width (cm)		Average fruit weight (g)		No. of seeds per fruit		Seed length (mm)		Seed width (mm)
Parameters	(−LN)	(+LN)	(−LN)	(+LN)	(−LN)	(+LN)	(−LN)	(+LN)	(−LN)	(+LN)	(−LN)	(+LN)	(−LN)	(+LN)
Pusa Supriya	94.7 ± 1.4^a	94.4 ± 1.3^a	21.9 ± 0.79^a	20.9 ± 1.3^a	3.0 ± 0.1^a	3.1 ± 0.1^a	151.7 ± 3.0^a	148.5 ± 3.6^a	93.2 ± 1.5^a	90.4 ± 2.9^a	13.1 ± 0.1^a	13.4 ± 0.1^a	7.9 ± 0.2^a	7.9 ± 0.2^a
Pusa Chikni	93.2 ± 1.8^a	95.7 ± 0.5^a	22.4 ± 1.2^a	22.8 ± 1.4^a	3.2 ± 0.1^a	2.9 ± 0.8^a	149.03 ± 2.0^a	152.4 ± 2.9^a	93.7 ± 1.5^a	90.2 ± 2.4^a	12.1 ± 0.2^a	12.1 ± 0.4^a	7.1 ± 0.1^a	7.0 ± 0. ^a
Pusa Nutan	90.4 ± 1.5^a	88.5 ± 1.2^a	26.8 ± 1.7^a	26.5 ± 1.1^a	3.4 ± 0.1^a	3.3 ± 0.4^a	130.4 ± 2.8^a	135.4 ± 2.5^a	84.4 ± 0.5^a	83.8 ± 0.9^a	12.3 ± 0.2^a	11.9 ± 0.8^a	6.4 ± 0.3^a	6.3 ± 0.5^a
Swarna Uphar	92.6 ± 1.4^a	90.4 ± 1.9^a	21 ± 1.7^a	22.1 ± 1.8^a	3.8 ± 0.1^a	3.4 ± 0.6^a	119.8 ± 3.0^a	118.4 ± 2.4^a	83.4 ± 0.7^a	80.5 ± 0.9^a	12.0 ± 0.2^a	12.2 ± 0.6^a	7.0 ± 0.1^a	6.9 ± 0.9^a
PKS-4	94.5 ± 1.3^a	95.6 ± 1.4^a	5.1 ± 0.1^a	4.9 ± 0.4^a	2.7 ± 0.1^a	2.8 ± 0.1^a	7.6 ± 1.3^a	7.4 ± 1.4^a	31.1 ± 0.6^a	32.3 ± 0.1^a	9.7 ± 0.5^a	9.3 ± 0.5^a	5.6 ± 0.3^a	5.7 ± 0.7^a
PKS-20	95.2 ± 1.8^a	93.7 ± 2.0^a	4.8 ± 0.2^a	5.2 ± 0.5^a	2.4 ± 0.1 ^a	2.3 ± 0.2^a	7.8 ± 0.2^a	7.7 ± 1.0^a	37.3 ± 2.6^a	36.4 ± 0.9^a	10.6 ± 0.3^a	10.5 ± 0.3^a	5.9 ± 0.1^a	5.9 ± 0.2^a
IC618051	95.7 ± 1.6^a	91.3 ± 2.4^a	3.7 ± 0.3^a	3.84 ± 0.6^a	2.0 ± 0.1^a	2.1 ± 0.1^a	3.8 ± 0.3^a	3.5 ± 0.8^a	20.4 ± 1.7^a	20.2 ± 0.2^a	6.7 ± 0.4^a	6.5 ± 0.6^a	4.1 ± 0.1^a	4.0 ± 0.3^a

Data presented in table represent mean ± SE. Significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) in each trait among the genotypes are presented by different letters analyzed by Duncan’s Multiple Range Test. (−LN) represents fresh pollen and (+LN) represents cryopreserved pollen.