Assessment of Pollen Viability, Germination, and Tube Growth in Eight Tunisian Caprifig (Ficus carica L.) Cultivars

Table 3

Average values of germination rates and pollen tube lengths after 24, 48, and 72 hours (H) of incubation for caprifig cultivars.

Cultivars	Germinations rates (%) after			Pollen tube length (μm) after
	24 H	48 H	72 H	24 H	48 H	72 H
Assafri	30.4^bc	65.7^a	72^a	518.8^a	700.0^c	715.0^bc
Jrani	38.6^a	60.0^b	66^ab	454.2^b	871.5^a	960.0^a
Bithri	15.0^d	18.3^e	33^c	182.3^c	354.1^de	390.7^d
Hemri	12.2^de	25.1^d	30^cd	221.0^c	370.0^d	375.0^d
Djebba 1	27.1^c	68.5^a	64^b	414.6^b	779.8^b	786.4^b
Djebba 2	35.3^ab	70.9^a	71.5^a	510.0^a	663.2^c	697.1^c
Djebba 3	7.5^ef	40.2^c	36^c	189.2^c	229.0^f	416.2^d
Djebba 4	2.5^f	10.7^f	25^d	176.9^c	300.0^e	366.0^d
𝐹-value	48.35**	152.6**	79.34**	67.58**	124.78**	68.44**

Mean in each column followed by the same letters is not significantly different at 𝑃 < 0.05 according to Duncan’s multiple range test. **Significant at 𝑃 < 0.01.