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Table 1 The total number of spikelets produced in the four treatments in experiments 2 and 3, the proportions inside and outside the leaf sheath and their respective spikelet fertility, and the weighted spikelet fertility

From: Spikelet Proteomic Response to Combined Water Deficit and Heat Stress in Rice (Oryza sativa cv. N22)

Treatment

Total number of spikelets

Spikelets trapped inside leaf sheath

Spikelets exserted from leaf sheath

Weighted spikelet fertility (%)

Number (%)

Spikelet fertility (%)

Number (%)

Spikelet fertility (%)

Experiment 2

Control

123 (±8.5)

4.9 (±1.9)

66.5 (±1.4)

95.1 (±1.9)

96.6 (±0.6)

95.1

Heat

133 (±12.4)

0.5 (±0.5)

0.0

99.5 (±0.5)

28.7 (±8.7)

28.6

Water deficit

132 (±5.3)

32.0 (±8.1)

72.0 (±7.5)

68.0 (±8.1)

86.4 (±5.6)

81.8

Combined

138 (±3.6)

59.1 (±10.6)

28.0 (±2.5)

40.9 (±10.6)

65.0 (±6.1)

43.1

Experiment 3

Control

125 (±11.0)

4.2 (±2.0)

64.8 (±8.6)

95.8 (±2.0)

92.9 (±1.2)

91.7

Heat

98 (±8.3)

4.4 (±2.2)

5.8 (±4.4)

95.6 (±2.2)

43.5 (±4.1)

41.8

Water deficit

127 (±10.8)

32.4 (±7.5)

63.7 (±4.2)

67.6 (±7.5)

84.1 (±2.7)

77.5

Combined

118 (±9.3)

51.5 (±4.8)

18.1 (±6.0)

48.5 (±4.8)

73.8 (±4.8)

45.0

  1. Values in parentheses are ± SE