Table 3.

Living floret (primordia) number per spikelet in apical, central and basal spikelets at seven floral developmental stages and grain number per spikelet at physiological maturity (PM) in the four selected, detillered genotypes (tiller removal) grown in the field.

Cultivars	Position	TS	WA	GA	YA	TP	HD	AN	PM
NOS Nordgau	Apical	2.00±0.00	8.33±0.58	10.67±0.58	10.33±0.58	9.67±0.58	5.67±0.58	3.67±0.58	3.00±1.55
	Central	3.33±0.58	9.00±1.00	10.67±0.58	11.00±0.00	11.00±1.00	6.33±0.58	6.00±0.00	4.50±0.84
	Basal	3.33±0.58	9.67±0.58	10.67±0.58	10.67±0.58	11.00±0.00	7.33±2.31	6.00±0.00	4.50±0.84
Adlung’s Alemannen	Apical	3.50±0.71	8.67±0.58	10.67±0.58	10.67±0.58	10.33±0.58	5.67±0.58	5.00±1.00	2.33±1.75
	Central	4.50±0.71	9.67±0.58	10.67±0.58	11.33±0.58	11.67±0.58	6.00±1.00	6.00±0.00	4.67±0.52
	Basal	4.00±0.00	9.67±0.58	11.00±0.00	11.33±0.58	12.00±0.00	5.67±0.58	6.00±0.00	4.33±1.21
Peragis Garant	Apical	4.00±1.73	9.67±0.58	10.67±0.58	10.67±0.58	10.67±0.58	9.00±3.46	3.33±0.58	2.50±1.05
	Central	5.33±0.58	10.33±0.58	11.67±0.58	12.00±0.00	11.33±0.58	10.00±3.46	5.00±0.00	3.33±1.03
	Basal	6.67±0.58	9.67±0.58	11.67±0.58	12.00±0.00	12.33±0.58	10.00±3.46	5.00±1.00	3.33±1.03
Nandu	Apical	3.67±1.15	8.00±0.00	10.67±0.58	11.00±0.00	11.00±0.00	11.00±1.00	4.67±0.58	3.29±0.76
	Central	5.67±0.58	9.00±0.00	11.00±0.00	12.33±0.58	12.00±0.00	12.33±0.58	6.67±0.58	4.00±0.82
	Basal	6.00±1.00	10.00±0.00	11.33±0.58	11.67±0.58	12.33±0.58	13.00±0.00	6.67±0.58	3.43±1.13

Data are presented as the mean ±SD, n=6 for PM stage, and n=3 for the remaining stages. The bold text suggests that maximum floret primordia number stage occurred during GA stage, while grey boxes indicate the time windows when visible floral degradation occurred.