Studies on Spontaneous Meiotic Abnormalities in Lens culinaris

Abstract

Karyological studies are made in three strains viz. N. P. 48, N. P. 54 and N. P. 63 of Lens culinaris var. Microsperma for the first time. The normal chromosomal counts in all these three strains as have been obtained in the present study are n=7 and 2n=14. Meiotic abnormalities were recorded for the first time in these strains when they were subjected to intense cold and low temperature. No specific morphological characters are found to be associated with above meiotic abnormalities in natural population of the three strains of Lens culinaris var. Microsperma.