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CCDBAngiospermsPedaliaceaeSesamumSesamum indicum L.

29 chromosome counts in Sesamum indicum L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Sesamum indicum L. Sesamum indicum L. 13   IAPT/IOPB IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 14
  Sesamum indicum L. Sesamum indicum L.   26 IPCN online Zhan, Y. x., M. Cheng & A. z. Wu. 1988. Cytogenetical studies in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.). II. Chromosome Giemsa banding. Acta Agric. Univ. Pekin. 14: 1–4.
  Sesamum indicum L. Sesamum indicum L.   26 IPCN online Kamala, T. & S. Sasikala. 1981. Sensitivity of four cultigens of Sesamum indicum L. (2n=26) to ethidium bromide. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 68 (Sect. VI): 80.
  Sesamum indicum L. Sesamum indicum L.   26 IPCN online Sikdar, S. R. & A. K. Biswas. 1983. Comparative karyotype analysis in five cultivated varieties of Sesamum indicum L. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 70(3–VI): 80–81.
  Sesamum indicum L. Sesamum indicum L. 13   IPCN online Mitra, A. K. 1985. Interspecific crossing between Sesamum indicum and S. laciniatum. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 72(3–X): 42.
  Sesamum indicum L. Sesamum indicum L. 9   IPCN online Sarkar, A. K., N. DATTA & U. Chatterjee. 1972. Chromosome survey of certain angiosperms. I. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 14: 170.
  Sesamum indicum L. Sesamum indicum L.   26 IPCN online Ihlenfeldt, H. D. & U. Grabow-Seidensticker. 1979. The genus Sesamum L. and the origin of the cultivated Sesame. In G. Kunkel (editor) Taxonomic Aspects of African Economic Botany. 53–60. Excmo, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. In Tax. Aspects Afr. Econ. Bot. Royal Botanical Gardens, Richmond.
  Sesamum indicum L. Sesamum indicum L.   26 IPCN online He, F. f., L. m. He, L. Hou & J. r. Liu. 1994. Karyotype as related to the phylogeny in sesame. J. SouthW. Agric. Univ. 16(6): 573–576.
  Sesamum indicum L. Sesamum indicum L.   26 IPCN online Prabakaran, A. J. 1996. Autotetraploids of Sesamum indicum and S. alatum: cytogenetics and crossability. J. Cytol. Genet. 31(1): 31–36.
  Sesamum indicum L. Sesamum indicum L.   26 IPCN online Bose, K. & A. K. Biswas. 1994. Further studies in interspecific hybridization in Sesamum. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 81(3:VIII): 104.
  Sesamum indicum L. Sesamum indicum L. 13   IPCN online Mitra, A. K. & A. K. Biswas. 1979. Induced polyploidy in Sesames, Sesamum indicum L. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. (III, C) 66: 83–84.
  Sesamum orientale L. Sesamum indicum L.   26 IPCN online Zhang, C. s. 1998. A preliminary study on making plant chromosomal specimens using peppermint oil compound as pretreatment agent. J. Wuhan Bot. Res. 16(3): 280–282.
  Sesamum indicum L. Sesamum indicum L. 9   IPCN75-78 Sarkar et al. 1972
  Sesamum indicum L. Sesamum indicum L. 13   IPCN75-78 Sarkar et al. 1978b
!   Sesamum indicum L. Sesamum indicum L.   26 eFlora  
  Sesamum indicum L. Sesamum indicum L.   26 Fedorov, 1974 Morinaga et al. 1929
  Sesamum indicum L. Sesamum indicum L.   26 Fedorov, 1974 Sugiura 1931, 1936b
  Sesamum indicum L. Sesamum indicum L.   26 Fedorov, 1974 Nohara 1934
  Sesamum indicum L. Sesamum indicum L.   26 Fedorov, 1974 Kobayashi 1956
!   Sesamum occidentalis Heer & Regel Sesamum indicum L.   64 Fedorov, 1974 Sampath, Ramanathan 1949
  Sesamum orientale L. Sesamum indicum L.   26 Fedorov, 1974 Raghavan T. S., Krishnamurthy 1947
  Sesamum orientale L. Sesamum indicum L.   26, 52 Fedorov, 1974 Richharia, Persai 1940
  Sesamum orientale L. Sesamum indicum L.   52, 58 Fedorov, 1974 Ramanathan 1955a
!   Sesamum orientale L. Sesamum indicum L.   26 Darlington, 1955 Raghavan & K. 1947 OMV " cult India,
!   Sesamum orientale L. Sesamum indicum L.   (52) Darlington, 1955  
!   Sesamum occidentalis Heer & Regel Sesamum indicum L.   64 Darlington, 1955 Sampath & R. 1949
!   Sesamum indicum L. Sesamum indicum L.   26 C-values database Hiremath SC, Patil CG, Ksheerasagar AL. (pers. comm. 2001).
!   Sesamum occidentalis Heer & Regel Sesamum indicum L.   64 C-values database Hiremath SC, Patil CG, Ksheerasagar AL. (pers. comm. 2001).
  Sesamum indicum L. Sesamum indicum L. 13 26 Cave1958 Kobayashi 1956