Table 5.
Effect of application of 100 mg/ha chlorsulfuron on environment sensitive male-sterile lines
| Male sterile line | Gametocide treatment | Pollen viability at early flowering stage % | SD | Seed-set of out-crossing (g/plant)c | SD | Hybridity of samples %c | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhong9-A | untreated | 5.46 | 4.38 | 17.79 | 1.10 | 97.50 | 1.55 |
| treated | 0.01b | 0.04 | 13.08b | 1.06 | 100.00 | 0.00 | |
| Q5005-A | untreated | 10.08 | 4.31 | 20.19 | 1.08 | 92.50 | 5.06 |
| treated | 0.05b | 0.07 | 20.75 | 1.86 | 98.69 | 1.88 | |
| Sapphire-A | untreated | 2.07 | 2.07 | 19.37 | 1.28 | 96.40 | 1.82 |
| treated | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.91b | 1.20 | 100.00 | 0.00 | |
| Zheyou50-A | untreated | 17.20 | 6.28 | 21.46 | 1.12 | 90.13 | 3.40 |
| treated | 0.00b | 0.00 | 20.73 | 0.74 | 99.73a | 0.47 | |
| SP2-A | untreated | 30.21 | 14.47 | 22.82 | 1.51 | 85.85 | 3.99 |
| treated | 0.00b | 0.01 | 20.35b | 1.24 | 98.52b | 1.22 | |
| SP2S | untreated | 59.51 | 10.45 | 20.53 | 1.72 | 96.88 | 2.39 |
| treated | 0.01b | 0.03 | 19.03 | 1.53 | 100.00 | 0.00 |
The symbol a and b indicate significant difference at 0.05 and 0.01 level respectively. c The plants were pollinated by the paternal line BC530