. 2017 Aug 8;8:1350. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01350

Table 4.

Effects of LT and spikelet position on the spikelet fertility of rice plants (%).

Spikelet position	Treatments	Yongyou9	Yongyou17	Yongyou538	Zhejing88	ANOVA
						G	T	G ×T
Whole	LT	84.4 ± 1.4^b	83.3 ± 1.4^b	89.1 ± 0.3^a	95.5 ± 0.7^a	^∗∗	^∗∗	^∗∗
	AT	93.2 ± 0.9^a	95.2 ± 0.6^a	92.5 ± 1.4^a	96.5 ± 0.6^a
Upper	LT	83.3 ± 2.0^b	77.7 ± 1.9^b	91.9 ± 0.5^a	96.2 ± 0.9^a	^∗∗	^∗∗	ns
	AT	96.1 ± 0.8^a	96.3 ± 0.4^a	95.7 ± 0.8^a	98.0 ± 0.3^a
Middle	LT	84.3 ± 1.8^b	85.5 ± 1.9^b	86.7 ± 1.7^b	96.0 ± 0.7^a	^∗∗	^∗∗	^∗
	AT	92.9 ± 0.9^a	95.2 ± 0.7^a	91.9 ± 1.6^a	96.5 ± 0.6^a
Lower	LT	88.8 ± 1.2^b	86.8 ± 1.2^b	81.9 ± 2.7^b	94.7 ± 1.2^a	^∗∗	^∗∗	^∗∗
	AT	91.6 ± 1.4^a	94.0 ± 1.2^a	90.6 ± 1.9^a	95.7 ± 1.2^a

Data indicate the means ± standard errors, n = 25. Means within a column followed by a different lowercase letter differ significantly at a level of 0.05. G: genotypes; T: treatments. ^∗P < 0.05, ^∗∗P < 0.01, ns, not significant.