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Table 3 Fruit and seed set in treated flowers

From: Reproductive biology of Pittosporum dasycaulon Miq., (Family Pittosporaceae) a rare medicinal tree endemic to Western Ghats

Treatment

No of flowers pollinated

No. of fruits developed (%)

No of fruits having seeds (%)

Bagged without emasculation

35

0.0

-

Bagged after emasculation

35

0.0

-

Self-pollination

35

0.0

-

Cross pollination

35

20 ± 2.3 (57)

16 ± 2.1 (80)

Natural pollination

50

6.0 ±1.8 (12)

4 ± 0.6 (66.6)

  1. Values indicate the average of three independent experiments done in 12 plants.