Table 1 Summary of numbers of flowers, Mompha infestation, Seeds per flower, and germination rate.

From: Novel Insect Florivory Strategy Initiates Autogamy in Unopened Allogamous Flowers

 

A: Mean ± SE Flowers/Plant** (N = 38)

B: Mean ± SE Seeds/Flower** (N = 120)

C: Mean ± SE% Germination***(N = 20 Seeds/Plate)

Estimated Reproductive Potential (A × B × C)

Chasmogamous

1.9 ± 0.14a

36.2 ± 1.42a

90 ± 2.3

(N = 16 plates)a

65

Cleistogamous

54.7 ± 5.27b

6.5 ± 0.39b

39 ± 10.1

(N = 6 plates)b

139

Infested Chasmogamous (N = 30)*

1.9 ± 0.14

1.8 ± 0.66c

95 ± 2.9

(N = 3 plates)a

3.4

  1. *Flowers collected for flower number, seed number, and germination independent of flowers collected for infestation analysis (see Materials and Methods).
  2. **Unpaired two-tailed T-test with a Welch’s correction, superscript letters denote significantly different means, p < 0.05).
  3. ***One-Way ANOVA, Tukey’s Multiple Comparison Test (p < 0.05).
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