Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Award Date
1976
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department / School
Biology
Abstract
Variations in chromosome number and/or structure were reported to occur in long-term cultures (Heinz, Mee and Nickell, 1969; Heinz and Mee, 1971; Horak, Lustinec, Mesicek, Kaminek and Polackova, 1975; Kao, Miller, Gamborg, and Harvey, 1970; Nitra and Steward, 1961; Sacristan, 1971; Singh and Harvey, 1975a and b; Torrey, 1959). No change of chromosome number was found in the callus tissue or in the plants induced from the callu of Hemeocallis flava L. subcultured for six months (Chen and Holden, 1972). In this study, karyotype of the plants derived from a callus culture of H. flava, which had been subcultured for 30 months was analyzed to determine any change in chromosome structure. Meiotic studies of pollen- mother cells of the plants were also made to determine the nature of aberration in the chromosomes. Polyploid plants derived from a colchicine-treated long-term culture of the daylily callus were also investigated cytologically for obtaining indirectly the evidence of chromosome stability in the callus culture.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Chromosomes
Plant tissue culture
Daylilies
Callus (Botany)
Format
application/pdf
Number of Pages
49
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Goeden, Yvonne C., "Chromosome Constitution of the Plants Induced from Callus Culture of the Daylily Hemercallis Flava L." (1976). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4947.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/4947