Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Colchicine polyploidy and technique

  • Published:
The Botanical Review Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Literature Cited

  1. Allen, E. Anal. Rec. Abstract67: 49. 1936.

    Google Scholar 

  2. —,Smith, G. M. &Gardner, W. U. Accentuation of growth effect in theelin (estrome) on genital tissues of ovariectomized mouse by arrest of mitosis with colchicine. Amer. Jour. Anat.61: 321–329. 1937.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Amoroso, E. C. Colchicine and tumor growth. Nature, London135: 266. 1935.

    Google Scholar 

  4. Anderson, Edgar. Cytology in its relation to taxonomy. Bot. Rev.3: 335–350. 1937.

    Google Scholar 

  5. Beasley, J. O. The production of polyploids inGossypium. Jour. Hered.31: 39–48. 1940.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Blakeslee, A. F. Didoublement du nombre de chromosomes chez les plantes par traitement chimique. Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris205: 476–479. 1937.

    Google Scholar 

  7. — The present and potential service of chemistry to plant breeding. Amer. Jour. Botany26: 163–172. 1939.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. — &Avery, Amos G. Methods of inducing doubling of chromosomes in plants by treatment with colchicine. Jour. Hered.28: 393–411. 1937.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. —,Bergner, A. D., Satina, S. &Sinnott, E. W. Induction of periclinal chimeras inDatura stramonium by colchicine treatment. Science89: 402. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  10. Brues, A. M. The effect of colchicine on regenerating liver. J. Physiol.86: 1–2. 1936.

    Google Scholar 

  11. Darlington, D. C. Studies onPrunus. I & II. Jour. Genet.19: 213–256. 1928.

    Google Scholar 

  12. Darlington, D. C. Recent advances in cytology. 2nd Ed. 1937.

  13. Delcourt, Robert. Contribution a l’étude des reactions cellulaire provoquées par la colchicine. Le choc caryoclasique chez les amphibiens. Arch. Int. Méd. Exp.13: 499–515. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  14. Dermen, Haig. Polyploidy inPetunia. Amer. Jour. Bot.18: 250–261. 1931.

    Google Scholar 

  15. —. Cytological studies ofCornus. Jour. Arn. Arb.18: 410–416. 1932

    Google Scholar 

  16. —. Origin and behavior of the nucleolus in plants. Jour. Arn. Arb.14: 282–323. 1933.

    Google Scholar 

  17. —. Cytological study and hybridization in two sections ofVerbena. Cytologia7: 160–175. 1936.

    Google Scholar 

  18. —. Aposporic parthenogenesis in a triploid apple,Malus hupehensis. Jour. Arn. Arb.17: 90–105. 1936.

    Google Scholar 

  19. —. Fertilization in the Baldwin apple, a triploid variety. Jour. Arn. Arb.17: 106–108. 1936.

    Google Scholar 

  20. —. Detection of polyploidy by pollen grain size. I. Investigations with peaches and apricots. Proc. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci.35: 96–103. 1937.

    Google Scholar 

  21. —. Cytological analysis of polyploidy induced by colchicine and by extremes of temperature. Jour. Hered.29: 211–229. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  22. — &Brown, Nellie A. A cytological study of the effect of colchicine on plant tumors. Amer. Jour. Cancer38: 169–190. 1940.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. — &-— Cytological basis of killing plant tumors by colchicine. Jour. Hered.31: 197–199. 1940.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  24. — &Darrow, George M. Colchicine-induced tetraploid and 16-ploid strawberries. Proc. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci.36: 300–301. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  25. — &Scott, D. H. A note on natural and colchicine-induced polyploidy in peaches. Proc. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci.36: 299. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  26. Dixon, W. E. A manual of pharmacology. 95 pp. 1906.

  27. — &Malden, W. Colchicine with special reference to its mode of action and effect on bone-marrow. Jour. Physiol.37: 50. 1908.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  28. Dorsey, E. Induced polyploidy in wheat and rye. Jour. Hered.27: 155–160. 1936.

    Google Scholar 

  29. Dustin, A. P. Action de la colchicine sur le sarcome greffé, type Crocker, de la souris. Bull. Acad. Méd. Belg.14: 487–488. 1934.

    Google Scholar 

  30. — A propos des applications des poisons caryoclasiques à l’étude des problèmes de pathologie expérimentale, de cancerologie et d’endocrinologie. Arch. Exp. Zellf.22: 395–406. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  31. — &Chodkowski, K. Étude de la cicatrisation par la reaction colchicinique. Arch. Int. Méd. Exp.13: 641–662. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  32. Dustin, A. P., Havas, L. & Lits, F. J. Compt. rend. de l’Assoc. des anat. Marseille. 1937.

  33. East, E. M. The genetics of the genusNicotiana. Bibl. Genet.4: 243–320. 1928.

    Google Scholar 

  34. Eigsti, O. J. A cytological study of colchicine effects in the induction of polyploidy in plants. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.24: 56–63. 1938.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  35. Eigsti, O. J. Effects of colchicine upon the nuclear and cytoplasmic phases of cell division in the pollen tube. Rec. Genet. Soc. Amer. 1939.

  36. Emsweller, S. L. &Brierly, Philip. Colchicine-induced tetraploidy inLilium. Jour. Hered.31: 223–230. 1940.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  37. Frandsen, K. J. Colchicininduzierte Polyploidie beiBeta vulgaris L. Züchter11: 17–19. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  38. Fyfe, J. L. The action and use of colchicine in the production of polyploid plants. 10 p. Cambridge, Eng., School of Agriculture. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  39. Gavaudan, P. &Gavaudan, N. Modifications numériques et morphologiques des chromosomes, induites chez les végétaux par l’action de la colchicine. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. Paris126: 985–988. 1937.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  40. — &—— Mécanisme d’action de la colchicine sur la caryocinèse des végétaux. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. Paris128: 714–716. 1938.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  41. —,— &Pomriaskinsky-Kobozieff, N. Sur l’influence de la colchicine sur la caryocinèse dans les méristèmes radiculaires de l’Allium cepa. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. Paris125: 705–708. 1937.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  42. Greenleaf, W. H. Induction of polyploidy inNicotiana by hetero-auxin treatment. Jour. Hered.29: 451–464. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  43. Golubinskij, J. N. A tetraploid form ofOcimum canum Sims. experimentally produced. Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Science URSS15: 261–262. 1937.

    Google Scholar 

  44. Havas, L. Effects of colchicine and ofViscum album preparations upon germination of seeds and growth of seedlings. Nature139: 371. 1937.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  45. Havas, L. L’action de la colchicine sur le développement du “phytocarcinome” de la tomate. Essai d’interprétation des mécanisme d’action de la colchicine. Bull. Ass. Fr. Étude Cancer.26. 1937.

  46. Havas, L. Colchicine and colchicine effects. Chemical Products. 1939.

  47. Koltzoff, N. K. On the methods of artificially inducing polyploids by treatment with colchicine. Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS23: 482–485. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  48. Kostoff, D. The size and number of the chloroplasts and the chlorophyll content in eupolyploid forms experimentally produced. Current Science7: 270–273. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  49. — &Aksamitnaia, I. D. (Studies on polyploid plants. 9. Chemical analysis of diploid and their autotetraploid plants.) Dok. Akad. Nauk SSSR (Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. URSS)2(3/4): 295–297. 1935.

    Google Scholar 

  50. — &Tiber, E. A tetraploid rubber plant Taraxacum koksaghyz obtained by colchicine treatment. Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS22: 119–120. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  51. Lapin, V. K. Production of an amphidiploid basilOcimum canum Sims.×Ocimum gratissimum L. by colchicine treatment. Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS23: 84–87. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  52. Levan, Albert. The effect of colchicine on root mitoses inAllium. Hereditas24: 471–486. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  53. —. The effect of colchicine on meiosis inAllium. Hereditas25: 9–26. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  54. —. Tetraploidy and octoploidy induced by colchicine in diploid petunia. Hereditas25: 109–131. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  55. Lits, F. J. Contribution a l’étude des réactions cellulaires provoquées par la colchicine. Comp. Rend. Soc. Biol. Paris115: 1421. 1934.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  56. —,Kirschbaum, A. &Strong, L. C. Action of colchicine on a transplanted malignant lympoid neoplasm in mice of the C3H strain. Amer. Jour. Cancer34: 196–213. 1938.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  57. Ludford, R. J. The action of toxic substances upon the division of normal and malignant cellsin vitro andin vivo. Arch. Exp. Zellf.18: 411. 1936.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  58. Lutkov, A. N. Mass production of tetraploid flax plants by colchicine treatment. Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS22: 175–179. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  59. Mangenot, G. Effets de la colchicine sur la mitose dans les racines d’Allium cepa et d’Hyacinthus orientalis. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. Paris128: 501–504. 1938.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  60. Morrison, G. Facts about colchicine. Nat. Seedsman4(6): 6–7, 43. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  61. Müntzing, A. The evolutionary significance of autopolyploidy. Hereditas21: 263–378. 1936.

    Google Scholar 

  62. — &Runquist, E. Note on some colchicine-induced polyploids. Hereditas25: 491–495. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  63. —,Tometorp, G. &Mundt-Petersen. Tetraploid barley produced by heat treatment. Hereditas22: 401–406. 1936–37.

    Google Scholar 

  64. Nebel, Bernard R. Cytological observations on colchicine. Biol. Bull.73: 351–352. 1937.

    Google Scholar 

  65. — Mechanism of polyploidy through colchicine. Nature140: 1101. 1937.

    Google Scholar 

  66. — Inducing changes in plants with colchicine shows progress. Farm Res. N. Y. Agr. Exp. Stat.6(1): 10, 15. 1940.

    Google Scholar 

  67. — &Ruttle, M. L. The cytological and genetical significance of colchicine. Jour. Hered.29: 3–9. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  68. O’Mara, J. G. Observations on the immediate effects of colchicine. Jour. Hered.30: 35–37. 1939.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  69. Pal, B. P. &Ramanujam, S. Induction of polyploidy in chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) by colchicine. Nature143: 245–246. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  70. Pincus, Gregory &Waddington, C. H. The effects of mitosis-inhibiting treatment on normally fertilized pre-cleavage rabbit eggs. Jour. Hered. 30: 515–518. 1939.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  71. Randolph, L. F. Some effects of high temperature on polyploidy and other varieties in maize. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.18: 222–229. 1932.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  72. — &Hand, D. B. Increase in vitamin A activity of corn caused by doubling the number of chromosomes. Science87: 442–443. 1938.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  73. Rasmusson, J. &Levan, A. Tetraploid sugar beets from colchicine treatments. Hereditas25: 97–102. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  74. Ruttle, M. L. &Nebel, B. R. Cytogenetic results with colchicine. Biol. Zentralbl.59: 79–87. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  75. Sax, H. J. The relation between stomata counts and chromosome number. Jour. Arn. Arb.19: 437–441. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  76. Sax, Karl. The cytological analysis of species hybrids. Bot. Rev.1: 100–117. 1935.

    Google Scholar 

  77. —. The experimental production of polyploidy. Jour. Arn. Arb.17: 153–159. 1936.

    Google Scholar 

  78. —. Effect of variations in temperature on nuclear and cell division inTradescantia. Amer. Jour. Bot.24: 218–225. 1937.

    Google Scholar 

  79. —. An analysis of X-ray induced chromosomal aberration inTradescantia. Genetics25: 41–68. 1940.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  80. —. &Sax, H. J. Stomata size and distribution in diploid and polyploid plants. Jour. Arn. Arb.18: 164–172. 1937.

    Google Scholar 

  81. Sears, E. R. Amphidiploids in the Triticinae induced by colchicine. Jour. Hered.30: 38–43. 1939.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  82. Sharp, Lester W. Introduction to cytology. 1934.

  83. Shimamura, T. Cytological studies of polyploidy induced by colchicine. Cytologia (Tokyo)9: 486–494. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  84. Simonet, M. &Chopinet, R. Apparition de mutations géantes et polyploides chez le colza, la pervenche et le lin à grande fleur, après application de colchicine. Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris209: 238–240. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  85. Sinnott, E. W. &Blakeslee, A. F. Changes in shape accompanying tetraploidy in cucurbit fruits. Science88: 476. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  86. Smith, H. H. The induction of polyploidy inNicotiana species and species hybrids by treatment with colchicine. Jour. Hered.30: 291–306. 1939.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  87. Sullivan, J. T. &Myers, W. M. Chemical composition of diploid and tetraploidLolium perenne L. Jour. Amer. Soc. Agron.31: 869–871. 1939.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  88. Vavilov, N. I. Genetics in the U.S.S.R. Chro. Bot.5: 14–15. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  89. Walker, R. I. The effect of colchicine on somatic cells ofTradescantia paludosa. Jour. Arn. Arb.19: 158–162. 1938.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  90. — The effect of colchicine on microspore mother cells and microspores ofTradescentia paludosa. Amer. Jour. Bot.25: 280–285. 1938.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  91. Warmke, H. E. &Blakeslee, A. F. Induction of simple and multiple polyploidy inNicotiana by colchicine treatment. Jour. Hered.30: 419–432. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  92. Wellensick, S. J. The newest fad, colchicine, and its origin. Chro. Bot.5: 15–17. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

Literature by Title

  1. Anderson, Edgar. Supra-specific variations in nature and in classification. Amer. Nat.71: 223–235. 1937.

    Google Scholar 

  2. Bartolucci, A. Il fenomeno della poliploidia ed il tabacco. Boll. Tecn. R. Ist Sper. Tabacchi Scafati36: 141–148. 1939.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Bates, G. H.. Colchicine-induced polyploidy in nature. Nature143: 643. 1939.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. —. Polyploidy induced by colchicine and its economic possibilities. Nature144: 315–316. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  5. Berger, Chas. A. Additional evidence of repeated chromosome division without mitotic activity. Amer. Nat.71: 187–190.

  6. Bergner, A. D., Avery, A. G. &Blakeslee, A. F. Sectorial chimeras, chromosome deficiencies and doubling of chromosome number inDatura stramonium induced by colchicine treatment. Genetics24: 65. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  7. Blakeslee, A. F. &Avery, A. G. Induction of diploids from haploids by colchicine treatment. Carnegie Inst. Wash., Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. Collecting Net. Aug. 27, 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  8. — &Warmke, H. E.Size of seed and other criteria of polyploids. Science88: 440. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  9. Brown, Nellie A. Colchicine in the prevention, inhibition and death of plant tumors. Phytopathology. 1939.

  10. Doná dalle Rose, A. La colchicina come stimolante mutativo su lino (L. ustitatissimum). Ital. Agr.76: 695–702. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  11. Dorsey, E. Chromosome doubling in the cereals. Jour. Hered.30: 393–395. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  12. Duhamet, L.. Action de la colchicine sur la croissance de méristèmes radiculaires deLupinus albus. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. Paris131: 757–759. 1939.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Fatalizade, F. A. Acenaphthene-induced polyploidy inNicotiana. Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS22: 180–183. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  14. Favorsky, M. V. New polyploid-inducing chemicals. Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS25: 71–74. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  15. Franco, C. M. Relation between chromosome number and stomata inCoffea. Bot. Gaz.100: 817–827. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  16. Garrigues, R. Action de la colchicine et du chloral sur les racines deVicia faba. Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris208: 461–463. 1939.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. Gavaudan, P. &Gavaudan, N. Action de l’apiol sur la caryocinèse et la cytodiérèse chez quelques phanérogames. Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris209: 805–807. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  18. Gavaudan, P., Gavaudan, N. &Durand, J. Sur la similitude d’action de l’acénaphtène et de la colchicine dans l’inhibition de la caryocinèse. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. Paris129: 559–562.

  19. ——— Sur l’induction de la polyploidie dans les cellules somatiques de quelques graminées par action des vapeurs d’acénaphténe. Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris207: 1124–1126. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  20. — &Kobozieff, N. Action de la colchicine sur la caryocinèse et la cytodiérèse des chlamydomonadinées. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. Paris127: 790–793. 1938.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. Giles, N.: The effect of dehydration on microsporogenesis inTradescantia. Amer. Jour. Bot.26: 334–339. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  22. Glotov, V.. Combined effect of colchicine and heteroauxine upon seedlings of camphor-yielding basil. Compt. Rend (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS24: 400–402. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  23. —. Effect of colchicine fromColchicum umbrosum Stev. on the camphor basil. Compt. Rend (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS24: 502–504. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  24. Havas, L. Effects of colchicine andViscum album preparations upon germination of seeds and growth of seedlings. Nature139: 371. 1937.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  25. — Colchicine, ‘phytocarcinomata’ and plant hormones. Nature140: 191–192. 1937.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  26. — Is colchicine a “phytohormone”? Growth2: 257–260. 1938.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  27. — Growth of induced plant tumors. Nature143: 789–791. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  28. Inoue, Y. &Abe, S. Tetraploid melons from colchicine treatments. II. Jour. Hort. Assoc. Japan10: 109–119. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  29. Johnstone, F. E., Jr. Chromosome doubling in potatoes induced by colchicine treatment. Amer. Potato Jour.16: 288–304. 1939.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  30. Kostoff, D.. Irregularities in the mitosis and polyploidy induced by colchicine and acenaphthene. Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS19: 197–199. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  31. — Studies on polyploid plants Cur. Sci.6: 549–552. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  32. — Irregular mitosis and meiosis induced by acenaphthene. Nature141: 1144–1145. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  33. — Irregular meiosis and abnormal pollen-tube growth induced by acenaphthene. Cur. Sci.7: 8–11. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  34. — Abnormal meiotic processes induced by acenaphtherne. Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS20: 169–171. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  35. — Polyploid plants produced by colchicine and acenaphthene. Cur. Sci.7: 108–110. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  36. — Colchicine and acenaphthene as polyploidizing agents. Nature142: 753. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  37. — Directed hereditable variations conditioned by euploid chromosome alterations in higher plants. Nature142: 1117–1118. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  38. — Nicotine and citric acid content in the progeny of the allopolyploid hybridN. rustica L.×N. glauca Grah. Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS22: 121–123. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  39. — Induction of polyploidy by pulp and disintegrating tissues fromColchium sp. Nature143: 287–288. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  40. — Polyploids are more variable than their original diploids. Nature144: 868–869. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  41. — Evolutionary significance of chromosome size and chromosome number in plant. Cur. Sci.8: 306–310. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  42. Kostoff D. Evolutionary significance of chromosome length and chromosome number in plants. Biodynamica (Normandy, Mo.), No. 51. 14p. 1939.

  43. — Fertility and chromosome length. Correlations between chromosome length and viability of gametes in autopolyploid plants. Jour. Hered.31: 33–34. 1940.

    Google Scholar 

  44. Lefévre, J. Similitude des actions cytologiques exercées par le phényluréthane et la colchicine sur des plantules végétales. Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris208: 301–304. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  45. Levan, A.. Cytological phenomena connected with the root swelling caused by growth substances. Hereditas25: 87–96. 1939.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  46. Mangenot, G. L’action de la colchicine sur les cellules végétales. Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris208: 222–224. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  47. Morrison, G. Facts about colchinine. Gard. Chron. Amer.43: 297, 326. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  48. Myers, W. M. Colchicine induced tetraploidy in perennial ryegrass. Jour. Hered.30: 499–504. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  49. Navashin, M. Influence of acenaphthene on the division of cells and nuclei. Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS19: 193–196. 1938.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  50. — Production of polyploid plants from leaves treated with colchicine. Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS24: 948–950. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  51. Nebel, B. R. Colchicine and acenaphthene as polyploidizing agents. Nature142: 257. 1938.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  52. Nebel, B. R. & Ruttle, M. L. Colchicine and its place in fruit breeding. N. Y. Agr. Exp. Stat. Circ. 183. 19 p. 1938.

  53. Nishiyama, I. Studies on artificial polyploid plants. I. Production of tetraploids by treatment with colchicine. Agr. & Hort. (Tokyo)14: 1411–1422. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  54. Ono, T. Polyploidy and sex determination inMelandrium. I. Colchicine-induced polyploids ofMelandrium album. Bot. Mag. Tokyo53: 549–556. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  55. Peto, F. H. Association of somatic chromosomes induced by heat and chloral hydrate treatment. Canad. Jour. Res.13: 301–314. 1935.

    Google Scholar 

  56. Postma, W. P. Some remarks on the cytology of normal and colchicinetreated hemp-plants (Cannabis sativa L.). Rec. Trav. Bot. Néerl.36: 672–676. 1940.

    Google Scholar 

  57. Pratassenja, G. D. Production of polyploid plants. Haploids and triploids inPrunus persica. Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS22: 348–351. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  58. Randolph, L. F. &Fischer, H. E. The occurrence of parthenogenetic diploids in tetraploid maize. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.25: 161–164. 1939.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  59. Richards, O. W. Colchicine stimulation of yeast growth fails to reveal mitosis. Jour. Bact.36: 187–195. 1938.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  60. Ruttle, M. L. Colchicine and the production of the new varieties of plants. Rev. Agr. Puerto Rico31: 623–631. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  61. Rybin, V. A. Colchicine-induced tetraploidy inHelianthus annuus. L. Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS24: 368–371. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  62. —. Tetraploid plants ofVicia faba produced by colchicine treatment. Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS.24: 483–485. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  63. — Erzeugung von tetraploiden Pflanzen beim Hanf durch Colchicinbehandlung. Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS24: 586–591. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  64. Sando, W. J. A colchicine-induced tetraploid in buckwheat. Jour. Hered.30: 271–272. 1939.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  65. Shmuck, A. The chemical nature of substances inducing polyploidy in plants. Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS19: 189–192. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  66. — Active concentrations of acenaphthene inducing alterations in the processes of cell division in plants. Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS22: 441–443. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  67. —— Chemical structure of substances inducing polyploidy in plants. Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS24: 441–446. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  68. — Brome-acenaphthene and brome-naphthaline as agents inducing chromosome doubling in rye and wheat. Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS23: 263–266. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  69. Simonet, M. Sur L’hérédité des mutations tétraploides de Petunia obtenues après application de colchicine. Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Faris207: 1126–1128. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  70. — Sur plusieurs mutations tétraploides de Petunia apparues après traitement à la colchicine. Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris206: 1832–1834. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  71. —— Obtention par les carotin-monochloronaphtalène et carotin-monobromonaphtalène d’effets comparables à ceux exercés, sur les caryocinèses végétales, par la colchicine. Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris208: 1427–1428. 1939.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  72. —— Comparaison de l’action sur le blé et le lin de diverses substances des anomalies de la caryocinèse. Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris208: 1667–1669. 1939.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  73. —— Sur l’apparition dans les tissues végétaux de cellules polyploides sous l’influence des vapeurs de paradichlorobenzène. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. Paris130: 1057–1060. 1939.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  74. Solacolu, T., Constantinesco, M. &Constantinesco, D. Action de la colchicine sur les tumeurs végétales provoquées par leBacillus tumefaciens. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. Paris130: 1148–1150. 1939.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  75. Stebbins, G. L., Jr. The significance of polyploidy in plant evolution. Amer. Nat.74: 54–66. 1940.

    Google Scholar 

  76. Stephens, S. G. Colchicine treatment as a means of inducing polyploidy in cotton. Trop. Agr. Trinidad17: 23–25. 1940.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  77. Tang, P. S. &Loo, W. S. Polyploidy in soybean, pea, wheat and rice, induced by colchicine treatment. Science91: 222, 1940.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  78. Thompson, R. C. &Kosar, W. F. Polyploidy in lettuce induced by colchicine. Proc. Amer. Soc. for Hort. Sci.36: 641–644. 1939.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  79. Vandendries, R. &Gavaudan P. Action de la colchicine sur quelques organismes inférieurs. Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris208: 1675–1677. 1939.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  80. Walker, R. I. The effect of colchicine on the developing embryo sac ofTradescantia paludosa. Jour. Arb.19: 442–445. 1938.

    Google Scholar 

  81. Warmke, H. E. & Blakeslee, A. F. Induction of tetraploidy inNicotiana sanderae and in the sterile hybridN. tabacum × N. glutinosa by colchicine treatment. Coll. Nat. 1938.

  82. —— Sex mechanism in polyploids ofMelandrium. Science89: 391–392 1939.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  83. Weller, D. M. Colchicine in relation to sugar cane breeding. 11 p. 1939. (Honolulu. Processed.)

  84. Werner, G. Zytologische Untersuchungen uber die Wirkung des Colchicins bei zwei verschieden reagierenden Pflanzen: Lein und Orbse. Biol. Zentralbl.60: 86–103. 1940.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  85. Wipf, L. Chromosome numbers in root nodules and root tips of certain Leguminosae. Bot. Gaz.101: 51–67. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  86. — Chromosome numbers in nodules and roots of red clover, common vetch and garden pea. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.24: 87–91. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

  87. Zhebrak, A. R. Amphidiploids of hard wheat and einkorn produced through colchicine treatment. Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS25: 53–55. 1939.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Horticultural Station, Beltsville, Md.

    Haig Dermen

Authors
  1. Haig Dermen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Dermen, H. Colchicine polyploidy and technique. Bot. Rev 6, 599–635 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02919557

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02919557

Keywords

Search

Navigation