Table 2.

Grain number per spike, spike chaff per spike (g), and spike fertility index in 12 cultivars under control and tiller removal treatments in the greenhouse at harvest.

Cultivar	Grain number per spike		Spike chaff per spike		Spike fertility index
	Control	Detillering	Control	Detillering	Control	Detillering
1- Adlung’s Alemannen	57.83 ± 6.52a	50.67 ± 10.93a	1.02 ± 0.13b	1.30 ± 0.10a	56.81 ± 2.11a	39.13 ± 7.82b
2- NOS Nordgau	52.00 ± 6.23a	52.40 ± 13.16a	0.61 ± 0.06b	0.98 ± 0.14a	85.14 ± 6.19a	53.37 ± 9.33b
3- Peragis Garant	44.00 ± 5.29a	52.60 ± 16.62a	0.64 ± 0.09b	0.83 ± 0.21a	69.89 ± 7.98a	62.54 ± 6.96a
4- Heine’s Peko	39.33 ± 3.08a	34.50 ± 10.63a	0.83 ± 0.10b	1.19 ± 0.17a	47.86 ± 3.69a	28.57 ± 6.24b
5- Hohenheimer Franken II	31.00 ± 3.95a	28.40 ± 6.39a	0.67 ± 0.12b	1.01 ± 0.11a	47.80 ± 11.77a	28.02 ± 4.15b
6- Probat	52.83 ± 9.15a	41.50 ± 6.66a	0.80 ± 0.12b	1.15 ± 0.15a	69.33 ± 13.09a	36.70 ± 8.95b
7- Breustedt’s Lera	41.00 ± 7.94a	47.33 ± 16.07a	0.63 ± 0.10b	1.21 ± 0.13a	64.69 ± 6.10a	40.99 ± 10.88b
8- Arin	43.67 ± 5.28b	64.67 ± 10.60a	0.61 ± 0.09b	0.84 ± 0.11a	72.10 ± 6.18a	76.72 ± 7.13a
9- Kolibri	44.00 ± 5.44b	67.67 ± 4.76a	0.72 ± 0.05b	1.19 ± 0.08a	64.04 ± 4.48a	56.84 ± 3.38b
10- Ralle	45.20 ± 3.35b	57.33 ± 10.52a	0.70 ± 0.07b	1.03 ± 0.10a	65.13 ± 3.64a	55.67 ± 6.48b
11- Nandu	46.67 ± 6.35b	66.50 ± 5.68a	0.63 ± 0.11b	1.16 ± 0.15a	74.12 ± 3.55a	58.02 ± 5.63b
12- Fasan	45.77 ± 12.47b	65.17 ± 11.97a	0.57 ± 0.14b	0.98 ± 0.15a	80.05 ± 5.58a	66.89 ± 8.17b
Average	45.33 ± 9.16b	53.34 ± 15.84a	0.70 ± 0.16b	1.07 ± 0.19a	66.45 ± 12.99a	51.26 ± 16.44b

Data are presented as the mean ± SD, n = 6; different letters per trait indicate significant differences between control and treated plants (p < 0.05).