Meiotic Study in Catharanthus roseus
U.K. Sinha1 and Rachna Prasad21Faculty of Science, Department of Botany, Patna University, Patna, India. 2Department of Botany, Magadh Mahila College, P.U., India.
Abstract: The meiotic details of Catharanthus roseus revealed the occurrence of the phenomenon of cytomixis in the early prophase. Diakinesis shows the presence of rod and ring bivalents. Metaphase has regular chromosomal orientation at the equatorial plate. Anaphase I has equal separation. The terminalization coefficient at Metaphase I reaches to unity. All this renders it to be ecologically well – established and certainly not endangered. Hence, its worldwide ongoing biochemical assay is worthwhile for the production of quality medicines to combat dreadful diseases like cancer.
Keywords: Catharanthus roseus cytomixis; Germplasm Back to TOC