Effects of Nuclear Genomes on Anther Development in Cytoplasmic Male Sterile Chicories (Cichorium intybus L.): Morphological Analysis

Table 3

Frequency of different phenotypes issued from crosses with Jupiter and CC pollen donors.

Cross combinations		Floral phenotypes in the progenies
♀	♂	Blue anther; Class 1	Brown anther; Class 2	Anther absent; Class 3	Brown anther, style absent; Class 4	Anther and style absent; Class 5	Total
524CC	3 × CC	0	24^+ (3)	0	0	0	24
	3 × Jup	27 (6)	37^* (2)	2 (2)	5 (1)	1 (1)	72
	2 × Jup; 1 × CC	1	22^* (10)	0	1 (1)	1 (1)	25

belongs to subclass 2b and ^*belongs to subclass 2a after histological analysis. ( ) indicates the number of plants examined under microscope as described below and illustrated in Figure 5.