Genetic variation in anther dehiscence, pollen viability and pollen germination of chickpea during a cold (day/night: 15-20/< 8° C) spell in the field during the 1990/91 season at Hisar.
 

Line/ cultivar	Flowers with fully dehiscent anthers (%)	Flowers with pollen on stigma (%)	Pollen load on  stigma scorea	Pollen viability in vitro (%)	Pollen germination (%)
					In vitrob	In vivoc
ICCV 88501	85	67	3.2±0.21d	91±1.6d	79±1.9d	39±1.1d
ICCV 88502	79	65	3.7±0.13	86±1.9	81±2.1	35±1.7
ICCV 88503	84	77	3.6±0.16	91±1.7	85±2.2	46±1.9
ICCV 88504	72	51	3.1±0.21	79±2.2	63±3.1	12±0.6
ICCV 88505	73	56	2.4±0.19	80±2.4	71±2.7	12±0.8
ICCV 88506	81	79	3.9±0.18	88±1.9	74±2.2	34±2.2
ICCV 88508	73	64	2.1±0.22	79±2.2	53±2.8	11±1.1
ICCV 88509	78	71	3.6±0.24	89±1.7	75±1.7	34±2.0
ICCV 88510	65	61	3.3±0.17	79±2.1	58+2.7	10±0.7
ICCV 88511	74	65	2.6±0.19	91±1.1	63±3.1	35±1.4
ICCV 88512	77	56	3.5±0.22	78±2.4	78±2.9	11±0.9
ICCV 88513	71	61	2.1±0.17	76±2.7	64±2.7	12±0.8
ICCV 88514	72	58	3.1±0.11	79±2.1	66±3.0	16±1.1
ICCV 88515	70	60	2.6±0.21	75±2.4	58±2.1	9±0.7
Pant G 114	62	49	2.7±0.16	79±2.7	58±1.7	10±0.7
Pant G 115	72	63	2.9±0.11	85±2.2	76±2.4	17±1.1
Gaurav	71	58	3.0±0.17	85±1.7	72±2.3	16±1.3
G 130	55	63	2.8±0.19	80±2.7	50±1.9	7±0.5
K 1189	74	75	3.4±0.21	84±2.3	83±2.2	39±2.4
Chafa	63	58	3.0±0.19	56±2.1	39±1.9	6±0.4
Annigeri	59	43	2.8±0.16	60±2.9	51±2.4	6±0.7

^aPollen load on stigma on the day of flower opening was scored on a 1-5 scale (1, low and 5, high).
^bPollen germination after 2 h culture in Brewbaker and Kwack's medium at room temperature
^cPollen germination on stigma was measured on the day of flower opening.
^dSEM, Cultivar/lines means were significantly different according to the Kruskal-Wallis test.