Table 3 Pollen exclusion ratings of 6 popcorn, 6 PuraMaize and 4 dent corn hybrids.

From: The maize Ga1-s allele confers protection against ga1 pollen in popcorn and dent corn

Hybrid

Significance groupa

Pollen exclusion rateb

Popcorn 1

A

5.0

Popcorn 2

A

5.0

PuraMaize 1

AB

4.9

Popcorn 3

AB

4.8

Popcorn 4

AB

4.7

PuraMaize 2

AB

4.7

PuraMaize 3

AB

4.7

Popcorn 5

ABC

4.5

Popcorn 6

BCD

4.3

PuraMaize 4

BCD

4.2

PuraMaize 5

CD

3.9

PuraMaize 6

D

3.7

Dent corn 1

E

2.6

Dent corn 2

F

1.5

Dent corn 3

F

1.5

Dent corn 4

F

1.2

  1. aHybrids connected by the same letter are not significantly different from each other.
  2. bMean rating, 5 = 0–20% blue kernels, 1 = 80–100% blue kernels.