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Table 2 Effects of different pollination treatments (mean ± SE) on several traits in P. decomposita

From: Inbreeding and inbreeding depression of Paeonia decomposita (Paeoniaceae), a threatened endemic plant to China

S. no.

Pollination treatments

Seed weight (g/1000 grain)

Seed set (%)

Percentage of carpels for seed set

Number of seeds/fruit

Fruit set (%)

Number of seeds/carpel

1

Natural pollination

290.03 ± 35.63bc

28.67 ± 0.59c

91.48 ± 3.57c

15.46 ± 0.88c

98.89 ± 1.11c

4.62 ± 0.23c

2

Bagging without emasculation

199.19 ± 80.74b

8.51 ± 3.22b

34.00 ± 12.61b

4.30 ± 1.71b

55.00 ± 10.41b

3.90 ± 2.11bc

3

Bagging with emasculation

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

4

Mesh bag with emasculation

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

5

Artificial geitonogamy

365.62 ± 15.38c

5.60 ± 2.2ab

41.33 ± 12.16b

5.73 ± 1.33b

61.35 ± 9.40b

1.94 ± 0.17ab

6

Artificial xenogamy

390.51 ± 23.16c

25.32 ± 0.43c

84.26 ± 4.05c

14.47 ± 1.34c

100 ± 0.00c

4.35 ± 0.30bc

7

Emasculation without bag

367.70 ± 60.56c

7.24 ± 2.27b

44.58 ± 7.67b

7.17 ± 1.64b

62.22 ± 2.22b

2.42 ± 0.35abc

8

Hand supplemental pollination

330.22 ± 6.56c

29.11 ± 4.11c

99.19 ± 0.81c

14.07 ± 1.66c

100 ± 0.00c

4.00 ± 0.54bc

  1. Different lowercase letters in the same column indicate significant differences among pollination treatments (P < 0.05)