CYTOLOGICAL STUDIES OF CHROMOSOMES OF RUST FUNGI: II. THE MITOTIC CHROMOSOMES OF PUCCINIA CORONATA
- 1 January 1954
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Botany
- Vol. 32 (1) , 213-214
- https://doi.org/10.1139/b54-019
Abstract
Germinating sporidia of Puccinia coronata Corda f. sp. secalis Peturs. were examined cytologically during mitotic nuclear division to determine the chromosome number. Studies at metaphase and anaphase revealed a haploid number of three chromosomes in this rust. The possibility of a polyploid series in the genus Puccinia is discussed.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- CYTOLOGICAL STUDIES OF CHROMOSOMES OF RUST FUNGI: I. THE MITOTIC GHROMOSOMES OF PUCCINIA GRAMINISCanadian Journal of Botany, 1953