1985 Volume 50 Issue 1 Pages 125-128
An aneuploid of Capsicum was isolated from Pusa Jwala variety following 40 kR gamma irradiation. The variant was sufficiently vigorous, darkgreen and sterile. On cytological examination the plant was found to be a multiple trisomic for 7 chromosomes. Meiosis in the aneuploid was highly irregular, the spectrum of anomalies noticed included various associations of chromosomes at diakinesis, lagging chromosomes at anaphase; appearacne of micronuclei at telophase II and microspores with different constitutions of micronuclei.