Table 3. Frequency of alien translocation of irradiated spikes at three stages.

Developmental stage of spike		First repeat			Second repeat			In total
		No. of plants	No. of translocation plants		No. of plants	No. of translocation plants		No. of plants	No. of translocation plants
Booting (c)		142	42 (29.58)		172	47 (27.33)		314	89 (28.34)
Heading (b)		83	39 (46.99)		94	39 (41.49)		177	78 (44.07)
Flowering (a)		36	23 (63.89)		44	26 (59.09)		80	49 (61.25)
In total		261	104 (39.85)		310	112 (36.13)		571	216 (37.83)

Note: booting: young panicle hasn’t been exposed from leaf sheath; heading: the spike has been exposed from leaf sheath but not flowering yet; flowering: the pollen has been shed from anthers.

The values followed by a b or c within the same column are significantly different at P=0.005