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Improving Growth Performance of <i>Jatropha curcas</i> by Inducing Polyploidy through Colchicine Treatment
Department of Forestry, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Department of Pharmacy Health and Well-Being, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK
Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Department of Entomology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Department of Entomology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Department of Horticulture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, China
Department of Soil Science, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
- 1 Department of Forestry, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
- 2 Department of Pharmacy Health and Well-Being, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK
- 3 Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- 4 Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
- 5 Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
- 6 Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
- 7 Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
- 8 Department of Entomology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
- 9 Department of Entomology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
- 10 Department of Horticulture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
- 11 Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
- 12 Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
- 13 Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, China
- 14 Department of Soil Science, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
American Journal of Plant Sciences·Volume 07 (2016)·Pages 769–772·Published 5 April 2016·DOI10.4236/ajps.2016.76070
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Abstract
This study was planned to assess genetic variation in Jatropha curcas as affected by colchichine treatments. During the experiment, seeds of Jatropha curcas were collected from mature and healthy Jatropha plants and were soaked in different concentrations of colchicines. The second treatment was that of time of soaking (seeds were soaked in different concentrations for different time durations). The results clearly revealed that by increasing the concentration of colchicine treatment, parameters like stomatal density, and size of the guard cells were reduced.
Keywords<i>Jatropha</i>PolyploidyColchicineBiofuel
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