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Studies in the genusCymbopogon spreng

I. Chromosome studies in IndianCymbopogons

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This paper deals with the chromosome number of 14 species and 30 races of IndianCymbopogon, 5 species are diploid, and 1 diploid, triploid and tetraploid, 3 diploid and tetraploid, 1 diploid and hexaploid, 2 tetraploid and 2 hexaploid only.

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  1. Department of Botany, D.A.V. College, Dehra Dun

    Bal Krishan Gupta (Post-Graduate)

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Communicated by Dr. E. K. Janaki Ammal,f.a.sc.

This work forms a part of the Ph.D. Thesis submitted to the University of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar.

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Gupta, B.K. Studies in the genusCymbopogon spreng. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 70, 80–87 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03052078

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