Karyotype of West African Solanum melongena L. var. Gawagwda

Abstract

The chromosomes of West African S. melongena L. var. Gawagwda were studied from the roottips and the tapetum. The diploid chromosome number is 24, consisting of 8 fairly large-, 8 medium- and 8 small-sized chromosomes. According to the system of classification used, the chromosomes are grouped into three, one sub-median, nine with nearly submedian and two with nearly median chromosomes.