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Table 1 Seed production with pollen from Rfo? plants

From: In vivo functional analysis of a nuclear restorer PPR protein

 

Seeds per silique a

Cross

Mature

Aborted b

CMS x Maintainer

28

1.4

CMS x Rfo?-3

1.2

8.6

CMS x Rfo?-15

2.6

12.4

CMS x Rfo?-16

7.6

14.2

CMS x Rfo?-22

0.2

1.8

  1. aThe average numbers of each type of seed per silique based on 5 siliques from each plant. No significant differences were observed among the different siliques on a given plant.
  2. bThese seeds were markedly smaller than normal mature seed and were non-viable.