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. 2009 Oct 23;61(2):335–345. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erp307

Table 2.

Percentage of flowers and pods that aborted and seed yield per plant at maturity on primary and secondary branches along the whole branch, and for those produced after treatments were imposed in Experiment 2

Treatmentsa Primary branchb
Secondary branchb
Whole plantb
After drought Whole branch After drought Whole branch
Flower abortion (%)
CR 29.1 b 19.2 b 39.8 b 17.7 b 18.4 b
SR 52.8 a 32.4 a 68.5 a 50.6 a 39.9 a
Pod abortion (%)
CR 56.8 b 37.4 a 55.6 b 53.2 a 45.9 a
SR 78.3 a 47.8 a 73.1 a 55.9 a 49.3 a
Seed yield (g plant−1)
CR 1.65 a 3.66 a 2.03 a 2.91 a 6.57 a
SR 0.40 b 2.83 a 0.32 b 0.86 b 3.70 b
a

C, well-watered treatment; S, water-stressed treatment; R, Rupali.

b

Values with the same letter within a column are not significantly different (P >0.05).