Original Research Article I Volume 2 I Issue 4 I 2014
CYTOMORPHOLOGY OF SOME GRASSES (POACEAE) FROM LAHAUL-SPITI (HIMACHAL PRADESH), INDIA
Raghbir C. Gupta; Harbans Singh Chauhan; M.I.S.Saggoo; Navjot Kaur
Biolife; 2014, 2(4), pp 1234-1247
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7238125
Abstract:
Meiotic study and pollen fertility was investigated in thirty five grass species belonging to twenty three genera from different localities of Lahaul-Spiti. This is the first cytological study in the grasses from this alpine Himalayas. Bromus gracillimus (n=7) and Melica persica (n=10), are cytologically worked out for the first time from world, whereas Calamogrostis pseudophragmites (n=7), Helictotrichon pretense (n=7), Poa lahulensis (n=14), Stipa jacquemontii (n=21, 22), S. koelzii (n=11), S. splendens (n=22), Paspalum distichum (n=28) and P. longifolium (n=30) show the varied chromosome reports at the world level.
Keywords:
Cytomorphology, Grasses (Poaceae), Lahaul-Spiti, meiosis.
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Article Dates:
Received: 7 October 2014; Accepted: 22 November 2014; Published: 10 December 2014
How To Cite:
Raghbir C. Gupta, Harbans Singh Chauhan, M.I.S.Saggoo, & Navjot Kaur. (2022). CYTOMORPHOLOGY OF SOME GRASSES (POACEAE) FROM LAHAUL-SPITI (HIMACHAL PRADESH), INDIA. Biolife, 2(4), 1234–1247. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7238125