Meiotic Irregularities in Pollen Sterile Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)

Abstract

The paper describes in detail the course of meiosis in the cytoplasmic pollen sterile plants C. annuum L. The occurrence of meiotic irregularities which are one of the causes of the pollen abortion was studied in the pollen sterile mother and in three hybrid combinations with non restors of the sterility. The course of the irregular meiosis is determined by the nuclear factors ms susceptible to the hereditary constitution of plasmon.