Chinese Bulletin of Botany ›› 1999, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (03): 288-292.

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A Preliminary Study on the Tetrasporic Micronucleus and Karyotype of Microspores in Cultured Allium tuberosum

ZHANG Chang-Shun   

  1. (Department of Biology, Yunnan Educational College, Kunming 650223)
  • Online:1999-05-20 Published:1999-05-20

Abstract: In this paper, the chromosome numbers and karyotypes of Allum tuberosum were observed. The chromosome numbers of the most microspores are n= 16, a few are aneuploid. According to these facts, karyotype formula n= 2x = 16= 14m + 2st(SAT) was obtained. The fertility and tetrasporic micronucleus of microspore were observed too. They are 48% and 23.6% respectively. These results confirmed that the karyotype of Allium tuberosum is the isotetraplont which had been reported by others.