Botanical Studies

Table 1 Summary data of endopolyploidy in Trifolium pratense cultivars ‘Manuela’ and ‘Dajana’ in three different ontogeny stages

From: Endoreduplication as a part of flower ontogeny in Trifolium pratense cultivars

			Stage I	Stage II		Stage III
Cultivars	Type of organ	N	EI	N	EI	N	EI
‘Manuela’	Sepal	12	0.16 ± 0.04a	9	0.19 ± 0.08a	7	0.24 ± 0.07a
	Petal	12	0.35 ± 0.06b	8	0.45 ± 0.13bc	7	0.39 ± 0.06b
	Stamen	6	0.16 ± 0.03a	4	0.2 ± 0.04ab	4	0.25 ± 0.05ab
	Carpel	11	0.52 ± 0.12c	9	0.49 ± 0.06c	6	0.38 ± 0.11b
‘Dajana’	Sepal	6	0.22 ± 0.05a	18	0.22 ± 0.05a	6	0.27 ± 0.04a
	Petal	6	0.37 ± 0.05b	17	0.42 ± 0.07b	6	0.52 ± 0.13b
	Stamen	4	0.21 ± 0.05a	15	0.24 ± 0.08a	5	0.25 ± 0.07a
	Carpel	6	0.56 ± 0.04c	18	0.49 ± 0.11b	6	0.67 ± 0.17b

Values of EI are mean ± standard deviation. Different letters within a column indicate significant differences between organs within one stage at p < 0.05; both cultivars were treated separately in the statistics
N number of samples, EI endoreduplication index

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