Figure 3.

Percentage of germination of F₃ lines harbouring the qsd1 and/or qsd2 mutations 21 days after grain imbibition. Percentage of germination of F₃ lines resulting from crosses between qsd2‐4 as a seed parent and qsd1‐1 (a) or qsd1‐3 (b) as the pollen donors. All grains were after‐ripened at 25 °C for 6 weeks under dry conditions and an additional 4 weeks at 40 °C to reduce dormancy. Data are shown as means ± standard deviation (SD) from three replicates of 50 grains each. qsd1 mutant lines: qsd1‐1x, qsd1‐2x; qsd2 mutant lines: qsd2‐1x, qsd2‐2x; qsd1qsd2 double mutant lines: qsd1qsd2‐1x, qsd1qsd2‐2x; wild‐type siblings: WT‐1x, WT‐2x.