Abstract
Idiogram and number of chiasmata/bivalent were obtained from Capsicum annuum L. from premetaphase stage of tapetal cells before microsporogenesis. The individual length of chromosomes ranged from 8.6 to 14.8μ. The heterochromatin part of the shortest chromosome is the nucleolus organizer; the longest chromosome has a satellite. Of the 12 chromosomes, eight have submedian centromere, three subterminal and one median. The three shortest chromosomes have heterochromatic short arms.
