Cytological Investigations on W. Himalayan Panicoideae

Abstract

This report gives the results of cytological investigations on 23 species of West Himalayan Panicoideae which include many of the important pasture grasses. Chrysopogon echinulatus (n=10), Erianthus versicolor (n=10) and Pennisetum lana-tum (n=9) have been cytologically reported for the first time. New cytological races are found in Bothriochloa ischaemum (n=10), Capillipedium parviflorum (n=11) Cymobopogon distans (n=10), Themeda anathera (n=10), Digitaria bicornis (n=27), and Pennisetum flaccidum (2n=45). Our present observations confirm our pre-vious conclusions of the occurrence of a number of cytological intraspecific races of grasses in the Himalayas.