Table 2 Effect of cold acclimation succeeding cold stress on yield and reproductive parameters in contrasting chickpea genotypes.
Parameters | Genotype | PAS | CAS1 | CAS2 | CAS3 | Stress |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pollen germination | CT | 87.3 ± 9.3a | 76.5 ± 8.2a | 79.5 ± 8.4a | 82.4 ± 8.9a | 80.6 ± 8.5a |
CS | 83.4 ± 8.9a | 81.3 ± 8.6a | 61.3 ± 5.8b | 46.2 ± 5.2c | 38.5 ± 5.1d | |
Pollen viability | CT | 82.3 ± 8.6a | 81.3 ± 8.5a | 79.4 ± 8.3a | 76.3 ± 8.2a | 72.4 ± 7.6a |
CS | 83.4 ± 8.6a | 76.3 ± 8.1a | 70.3 ± 7.6a | 51.3 ± 5.9b | 45.7 ± 5.1b | |
Stigma receptivity | CT | 4.1 ± 0.48a | 4.3 ± 0.47a | 3.9 ± 0.31b | 3.5 ± 0.24b | 3.1 ± 0.21c |
CS | 3.8 ± 0.24b | 3.1 ± 0.21c | 2.6 ± 0.14d | 1.8 ± 0.13e | 1.1 ± 0.09f. | |
Ovule viability | CT | 4.5 ± 0.48a | 4.1 ± 0.43a | 3.8 ± 0.21a | 3.5 ± 0.21a | 3.2 ± 0.26a |
CS | 4.1 ± 0.22a | 3.8 ± 0.21a | 3.2 ± 0.23a | 2.6 ± 0.19b | 2.1 ± 0.14c | |
Pod set% | CT | – | – | – | – | 61.3 ± 7.8 |
CS | – | – | – | – | 0 | |
Pod number plant–1 | CT | – | – | – | – | 8.4 ± 0.91 |
CS | – | – | – | – | 0 | |
Seed weight plant–1 | CT | – | – | – | – | 2.45 ± 0.28 |
CS | – | – | – | – | 0 |
