Table 5 Effect of heat shock (32 °C) on alfalfa microspore embryogenesis in culture.

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Doubled haploid production in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) through isolated microspore culture

low-temperature treatments

Number of plantlets produced

Plantlets induction frequency

32 °C for 0 d

9

7.5% a

32 °C for 1 d

12

10.0% b

32 °C for 2 d

17

14.17% c

32 °C for 3 d

13

10.83% b

32 °C for 4 d

9

7.5% a

32 °C for 5 d

1

0.83% d

32 °C for 6 d

0

0 e

  1. Different letters following survival rate indicate statistically significant differences based on the Duncan’s new multiple range test at P < 0.05.