Table 5.
Spikelet | Organ | Awned NIL | Awned or awnletted NIL | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Z45 | Z51 | Z55 | Z60 (+awn) | Z60 (–awn) | ||
Central | Glume+Lemmaa | 13.8 (42.2) | 20.7 (47.9) | 25.0 (53.7) | 31.2 (61.4) | 21.8 (50.3) |
Awn | 9.6 (34.1) | 10.2 (37.2) | 12.1 (42.7) | 12.9 (43.3) | 2.7 (11.4) | |
% Awn | 41.0 (43.9) | 33.1 (43.1) | 32.6 (44.2) | 29.2 (41.3) | 11.0 (16.7) | |
Distal | Glume+Lemmaa | 9.2 (21.2) | 11.0 (23.1) | 13.9 (24.3) | 15.8 (26.8) | 10.9 (26.7) |
Awn | 6.7 (27.3) | 6.8 (28.2) | 6.7 (34.8) | 6.7 (35.4) | 1.3 (6.4) | |
% Awn | 42.1 (55.2) | 38.2 (54.9) | 32.5 (57.7) | 29.7 (57.2) | 10.6 (18.8) | |
t test | ns (*) | * (*) | ns (*) | ns (*) | ns (ns) |
*: Means are statistically different at P=0.05; ns denotes means are not statistically different at P=0.05.
a Dry weights included glume, lemma, and palea whereas photosynthetic area was based on glume and lemma only.