Table 1. Indexes and formulas of cone and seed quality.

Index Formula
Seed potential Fertile scale × 2
Percent of aborted ovules (%) Aborted ovules / Seed potential × 100
Percent of insect-damaged seeds (%) Insect-damaged seeds / Developed seeds × 100
Percent of empty seeds (%) Empty seeds / Developed seeds × 100
Seed efficiency (%) Filled seeds / Seed potential × 100
Percent of germinated seeds (%) Germinated seeds / Total seeds × 100
T50 T i + N 2 N i T j T i N j N i
(Number of days until achieve 50% of the final germination rate) N, final number of germinated seeds; Ni, number of seeds just before 50% germination for N; Nj, number of seeds just after 50% germination for N; Ti, number of days for Ni; Tj, number of days for Nj.