. 2015 Jul 8;66(19):5945–5958. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erv303

Table 6.

Total spikelet number, fertile spikelet number, spikelet fertility (%), grain number per spike, and grain number per spikelet (apical, central, basal positions) in 12 genotypes under control and tiller removal treatments under greenhouse and field conditions at harvest

Traits	Greenhouse		Field
Traits	Control	Detillering	Control	Detillering
Total spikelet number/spike	23.48±2.79^a	23.29±2.69^a	21.86±2.28^a	21.53±2.25^a
Fertile spikelet number/spike	18.24±3.02^a	16.54±4.57^b	20.77±2.63^a	19.10±3.33^b
Spikelet fertility (%)	78.50±15.16^a	70.81±18.52^b	94.96±6.05^a	88.19±11.85^b
Grain number/spike	45.33±9.16^b	53.34±15.84^a	59.18±17.21^a	57.35±15.84^a

Data are presented as the mean ±SD, n = 12; different letters per trait indicate significant differences between control and treated plants, P = 0.05.