Table 1 Pollen viability of four water lotus cultivars determined with the peroxidase method at different collection times
Collection time | Pollen viability (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
A | G | M | Q | |
05:00–06:00 | 20.2 ± 1.1a | 16.2 ± 1.2a | 11.9 ± 2.1a | 15.5 ±1.6a |
06:00–07:00 | 15.9 ± 0.5b | 11.4 ± 0.8b | 6.7 ± 0.9b | 9.1 ± 1.0b |
07:00–08:00 | 10.3 ± 0.9c | 7.3 ± 0.6c | 4.1 ± 0.3c | 4.8 ± 0.6c |