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Table 1 Components of pollen production in two wheat cultivars across years of study

From: Spikelet movements, anther extrusion and pollen production in wheat cultivars with contrasting tendencies to cleistogamy

Cultivar

Years

Number of flowers per spikelet

Number of spikelets per spike

Number of flowers per spike

Number of anthers per spike

Number of pollen grains per anther

mean

±SD

mean

±SD

mean

±SD

mean

±SD

mean

±SD

Dacanto

2018

4.5b

1.7

18.8a

1.7

84.4b

7.8

253.1b

23.0

923.0a

418.4

2019

2.7a

1.2

19.3a

1.4

53.0a

3.8

159.5a

11.7

1850.5b

583.5

Mean

3.6A

1.8

19.1A

1.6

68.7A

16.8

206.3A

50.8

1386.8B

640.3

Piko

2018

4.0b

0.9

21.5a

1,0

86.0b

4.0

258.0b

12.0

885.3a

379.5

2019

2.8a

1.2

20.3a

1.3

56.7a

3.7

169.0a

11.1

1600.6b

282.1

Mean

3.4A

1.2

20.9A

1.3

71.35A

15.5

213.5A

46.6

1243.0A

482.3

  1. Means followed by the same small letter are not significantly different between years and that followed by the same capital letters between cultivars at α =0.05