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ANNALS OF BOTANY
Volume 96, Issue 1, Pages 59-67Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci149
Keywords
cotton; Gossypium hirsutum; high temperature; cell membrane thermostability; principal component analysis; pollen germination; pollen tube; relative injury
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Background and Aims High-temperature environments with > 30 degrees C during flowering reduce boll retention and yield in cotton. Therefore, identification of cotton cultivars with high-temperature tolerance would be beneficial in both current and future climates. e center dot Methods Response to temperature (10-45 degrees C at 5 degrees C intervals) of pollen germination and pollen tube growth was quantified, and their relationship to cell membrane thermostability was studied in 12 cultivars. A principal component analysis was carried out to classify the genotypes for temperature tolerance. center dot Key Results Pollen germination and pollen tube length of the cultivars ranged from 20 to 60% and 411 to 903 mu m, respectively. A modified bilinear model best described the response to temperature of pollen germination and pollen tube length. Cultivar variation existed for cardinal temperatures (T-min, T-opt, and T-max) of pollen germination percentage and pollen tube growth. Mean cardinal temperatures calculated from the bilinear model for the 12 cultivars were 15.0, 31-8 and 43.3 degrees C for pollen germination and 11.9, 28.6 and 42.9 degrees C for pollen tube length. No significant correlations were found between pollen parameters and leaf membrane thermostability. Cultivars; were classified into four groups based on principal component analysis. center dot Conclusions Based on principal component analysis, it is concluded that higher pollen germination percentages and longer pollen tubes under optimum conditions and with optimum temperatures above 32 degrees C for pollen germination would indicate tolerance to high temperature.
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