Karyological Studies on some Several Cicer Species

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Forestry and Rangeland Research Institute

Abstract

To determine the distribution of Cicer species in Fars province, during the year of 2001, different parts of this province were visited and 18 habitats of various species were recognized. For identification the species, plant samples were collected from all habitats and 7 species C. arietinum, C. kermanense, C. tragacanthoides, C. spiroceras, C. subaphyllum. C. stapfianum and C. oxydon were identified. Chromosome studies on seedling root meristems such as: detection of chromosome number and karyotypic ideogram showed that all of the species were diploid and the chromosome numbers were 2x=2n=16. Genome analysis including the length of each chromosome, long and short arm length, long -short arm length ratio were performed. Using the table of Levan and Stebbins method, the type and karyotypical characters of the chromosome were identified.

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