Table 2.
Deduced size classes, average sizes and proportions from pollen volumetric measurements
| Beckman Coulter Multisizer 3 | Microscope | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x ≤ 19 | 19 < x ≤ 27 | 27 < x ≤ 33 | x > 33 | Aborted | Non-viable | Viable, small | Viable, large | Viable | Non-viable | |
| A | B | C1 | C2 | A | B | C1 | C2 | |||
| Diploids | ||||||||||
| N | 15,184 | 53,841 | 112,859 | 9101 | 126 | 1925 | 3040 | 1416 | 2868 | 3639 |
| ØN/individual | 287 | 1146 | 1710 | 1011 | 2 | 29 | 45 | 21 | 43 | 54 |
| Mean diameter [µm] | 18.3 ± 0.6 | 20.6 ± 4.7 | 26.7 ± 1.5 | 33.4 ± 1.7 | ||||||
| Proportion [%] | 8.0 | 28.2 | 59.1 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 29.6 | 46.7 | 21.8 | 44.1 | 55.9 |
| Tetraploids | ||||||||||
| N | 24,893 | 120,724 | 69,693 | 12,266 | 1463 | 4439 | 2396 | 1112 | 2892 | 6518 |
| ØN/individual | 372 | 1548 | 882 | 371 | 16 | 49 | 27 | 12 | 32 | 72 |
| Mean diameter [µm] | 18.2 ± 0.4 | 22.6 ± 2.4 | 28.6 ± 1.2 | 34.4 ± 1.3 | ||||||
| Proportion [%] | 10.9 | 53.0 | 30.6 | 5.4 | 15.5 | 47.2 | 25.5 | 11.8 | 30.7 | 69.3 |
Sizes correspond to diameters; size means and proportions are calculated with pooled results of all measured pollen per cytotype
N total number of measurements (particles), ØN/individual mean number of measurements (particles) per individual