Table 3.
Means (±SE) of chromosome doubling (% DH) following caffeine treatment during anther culture on five crosses in 2018. Plants were grown to maturity at DPIRD South Perth (DPI) or Virginia, South Australia (VIR). The number of plants transplanted for each treatment and cross is indicated in parentheses.
| Cross | Grow-Out Location | % DH | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Caffeine (0.5 mM/24 h) | 5% LSD | ||
| Lancer/LPB14-0392 | DPI | 31 (±2.6) | 31 (±2.5) | 9.6 |
| (309) | (351) | |||
| Coolah/LPB16-3182 | DPI | 29 (±2.7) | 35 (±3.0) | |
| (285) | (249) | |||
| Scepter/05PN240 | DPI | 62 (±4.4) | 61 (±4.7) | |
| (125) | (108) | |||
| Trojan/Havoc | VIR | 64 (±3.5) | 58 (±3.6) | 10.0 |
| (200) | (190) | |||
| Trojan/Chief CL | VIR | 47 (±3.6) | 42 (±3.5) | |
| (200) | (200) | |||