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Table 2 Differencesa in harvest-ripe ears among treatments

From: Husk to caryopsis adhesion in barley is influenced by pre- and post-anthesis temperatures through changes in a cuticular cementing layer on the caryopsis

Treatment

N

Ear length (mm)

Floret numberb

Grain numberb

Grain weight (mg)

% Infertility

WC

37

6.1 ± 0.2 a

19.1 ± 0.6 a

4.7 ± 0.6 a

43.5 ± 2.0 a

75.4

WW

92

5.8 ± 0.1 a

17.3 ± 0.4 a

7.3 ± 0.5 a

43.6 ± 1.9 a

57.8

CC

37

7.5 ± 0.2 b

28.8 ± 0.5 b

15.5 ± 1.2 b

66.9 ± 1.0 b

46.2

CW

96

7.6 ± 0.1 b

29.2 ± 0.4 b

22.7 ± 0.9 b

37.4 ± 1.2 a

22.3

  1. aValues are expressed as mean values for each ear ± standard error of the mean. Significant differences among treatments (post-hoc Tukey’s HSD, α = 0.05) are designated by lowercase letters
  2. bThese are mean values and therefore not integers
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BMC Plant Biology

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