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Cytological studies of the hybrid,Phaseolus aureus×P. mungo

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The two closely related species,Phaseolus aureus andP. mungo were crossed successfully using the former as the female parent. A detailed cytological study of the hybrid, which showed morphological characters of both the parents, was carried out.

At the pachytene stage, the pairing behaviour of 9 out of the 11 chromosomes belonging to the haploid complement of the two parents was investigated. The remaining two chromosomes are represented by morphologically distinct bivalents. The two species differ by a translocation, a deletion and a duplication. A consideration of the data from comparative morphology, geographical distribution, protein characters and genetical studies in the F2 and back cross generations, indicates a very close relationship between the two diploid species. Chromosome differentiation seems to constitute the major difference. The karyological evidences seem to indicate thatmungo is derived fromaureus.

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  1. Applied Botany Section Agricultural Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

    Deepesh N. De & R. Krishnan

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De Deepesh, N., Krishnan, R. Cytological studies of the hybrid,Phaseolus aureus×P. mungo . Genetica 37, 588–600 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01547156

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