Table 1 Effects of 6-benzyladenine (BA) treatment on flowering and fruiting in J. curcas
Concentration of BA (mM) | Number of flowers/inflorescence | Number of females/inflorescence | Ratio of female to male | Number of fruits/infructescence | Fruiting rate (%) | Number of seeds/infructescence | Weight of 100 seeds (g) | Yield/infructescence (g) | Oil content (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 207.1 ± 72.4 | 12.9 ± 4.5 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 8.4 ± 3.2 | 66.7 ± 16.6 | 23.6 ± 9.6 | 77.0 ± 4.1 | 18.3 ± 6.8 | 38.0 ± 2.5 |
0.5 | 553.2 ± 189.0** | 68.9 ± 34.4** | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 30.0 ± 12.8** | 46.7 ± 12.0** | 84.5 ± 41.2** | 66.1 ± 6.3 | 54.2 ± 23.8** | 37.3 ± 2.5 |
1.0 | 612.7 ± 303.3** | 92.3 ± 30.1** | 0.2 ± 0.1* | 40.7 ± 12.6** | 43.0 ± 12.7** | 99.6 ± 34.7** | 62.1 ± 5.3 | 60.5 ± 17.0** | 35.6 ± 3.5* |
2.0 | 643.5 ± 394.4** | 98.3 ± 33. 7** | 0.3 ± 0.2* | 39.6 ± 14.9** | 43.4 ± 12.3** | 104.6 ± 37.9** | 59.9 ± 5.2** | 61.9 ± 20.6** | 34.5 ± 3.2** |
4.0 | 789.1 ± 635.6** | 111.8 ± 44.6** | 0.3 ± 0.2** | 45.0 ± 14.9** | 45.4 ± 14.8** | 118.6 ± 45.7** | 59.0 ± 4.9** | 69.0 ± 24.5** | 34.3 ± 3.7** |