Cytogenetics of Saccharum officinarum L. and S. spontaneum L. IV. Chromosome number and meiosis in S. officinarum X S. spontaneum hybrids
Nair, M.K.
Caryologia 28(1): 1-14
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0008-7114 DOI: 10.1080/00087114.1975.10796591
Accession: 000054909
Seventeen crosses were made, involving eleven varieties of S. officinarum and ten varieties of S. spontaneum. A summation of the maternal diploid and paternal haploid chromosome numbers in S. officinarum (2n = 80) X S. spontaneum (2n=54.56 and 80) hybrids was observed.