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CCDB → Angiosperms → Poaceae → Pennisetum → Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke

24 chromosome counts in Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. -13   IPCN online Rao, P. N., A. Nirmala & P. Ranganadham. 1988. A cytological study of triploidy in pearl millet. Cytologia 53: 421–425.
!   Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. 11,13-19,12,15,11-15,17 27,29,30 IPCN online Kumar, R. S., U. P. Singh, R. B. Singh & R. M. Singh. 1983. Cytomorphological behaviour and origin of aneuploids in tetraploid pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum (L.) K. Schum). Cytologia 48: 379–387.
!   Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. 15, 5II+5I, etc.   IPCN online Yacob, Z. & N. Lakshmi. 1981. Secondary trisomy in an interchange heterozygote of Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke. J. Cytol. Genet. 16: 81–88.
!   Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. 7   IPCN online Vari, A. K. & J. G. Bhowal. 1987. Pachytene karyotype of diploid Pennisetum americanum L. Leeke and identification of its trisomics. Cytologia 52: 833–840.
!   Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. 7, 8, 14   IPCN online Vishnuvardhan, Z. & N. Lakshmi. 1987. Environmental influence on a desynaptic double trisomic pearl millet Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke. Cytologia 52: 571–575.
!   Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.   7 IPCN online Koduru, P. K., M. K. Rao, K. V. Lakshmi & J. Sybenga. 1984. Anther development and the orientation of the interchange quadrivalent in pearl millet. Chromosoma 90: 89–93.
!   Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.   14 IPCN online Janaki, S., P. Y. S. Rao, M. V. S. Rao & V. Manga. 1986. Chiasma distribution in inbred lines of pearl millet, Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke. Nucleus (Calcutta) 29: 23–25.
!   Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. 7   IPCN online Sujatha, D. M., V. Manga, M. V. S. Rao & J. S. R. Murty. 1989. Meiotic studies in some species of Pennisetum (L.) Rich. (Poaceae). Cytologia 54: 641–652.
!   Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. 11,13-19,12,15,11-15,17 27,29,30 IPCN online Aken'ova, M. E. & H. R. Chheda. 1981. Morphology, cytology and forage potential of Pennisetum americanum (L.) K. Schum. X P. purpureum Schum. Amphidiploids. Euphytica 30: 397–404.
!   Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. 7 15 IPCN online Aken'ova, M. E. & H. R. Chheda. 1981. Morphology, cytology and forage potential of Pennisetum americanum (L.) K. Schum. X P. purpureum Schum. Amphidiploids. Euphytica 30: 397–404.
!   Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.   14 IPCN online Dhesi, J. S. 1980. Seasonal variation in the manifestation of desynaptic gene in pearl millet. Cytologia 45: 447–451.
!   Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. 7 15 IPCN online DUJARDIN, M. 1979. Additional chromosome numbers and meiotic behaviour in tropical African grasses from western Zaire. Canad. J. Bot. 57: 864–876.
!   Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.   13,14 IPCN online KODURU, P. R. K., T. G. K. Murty & K. V. Lakshmi. 1980. Sectional translocation monosomy in a plant of Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke. Chromosoma 78. 365–370.
  Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.   15 IPCN online Kumar, R. S., U. P. Singh, R. B. Singh & R. M. Singh. 1982. Cytomorphological behaviour of primary trisomics in pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke). Cytologia 47: 503–510.
  Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.   15 IPCN online Vishnuvardhan, Z. & N. Lakshmi. 1982. A coincidence of interchange trisomy with interchange heterozygosity in pearl millett - Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., B 48: 405–409.
  Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.   14 IPCN online Parihar, S. K. & S. N. Tripathi. 1989. Karyotypes of Pennisetum species. J. Indian Bot. Soc. 68: 295–299.
  Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.   14 IPCN online Prabakaran, K. A. A. J., P. Vaidyanathan & S. R. S. Rangasamy. 1991. Quinacrine fluorescent karyotypic pattern in Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke. Cytologia 56: 229–232.
  Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.   14 IPCN online Prabakaran, K. A. A. J., P. Vaidyanathan & S. R. S. Rangasamy. 1991. Karyomorphological variations in Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke. Cytologia 56: 233–238.
  Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.   15 IPCN online Vari, A. K. & J. G. Bhowal. 1991. Origin and meiotic behaviour of two multiple interchange trisomics in pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke). Cytologia 56: 315–318.
  Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. 7 14 IPCN online Rao, P. N., A. Nirmala & P. Ranganadham. 1991. Cytogenetic studies of plasmodial sporocytes, chromatin disintegration, desynapsis and centromere breakage in pearl millet. Cytologia 56: 165–171.
  Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.   14 IPCN online Kaul, J. & J. S. Sidhu. 1998. Giemsa stained somatic karyotype of pearl millet. J. Cytol. Genet. 33(1): 7–10.
  Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.   14 IPCN online Yan, G. x., S. z. Zhang, F. h. Xue, L. y. Wang, J. f. Yun & X. q. Fu. 2000. The chromosome numbers and natural distribution of 38 forage plants in north China. Grassl. China 2000(5): 1–5.
  Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. 7   IPCN online Koul, K. K., R. Nagpal & A. Sharma. 2000. Chromosome behaviour in the male and female sex mother cells of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), oat (Avena sativa L.) and pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke). Caryologia 53: 175–183.
!   Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.   14 C-values database Bennett MD, Smith JB. (pers. comm.) Unpublished data obtained at the Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge, UK, 1986 - 1987.