Abstract
Cytomorphological and phytochemical studies in a chimeric mutant obtained through colchicine treatment in mulberry were conducted. Uniform distribution of ploidal chimera (2n+4n) was detected in different vegetative parts. Meiosis in the chimeric plant was highly irregular. Persistence of chimera in vegetative clonal generations was observed. Distinct morphological changes along with an increase in phenol and a decrease in sugar content were observed in the mutant. Significance of ploidal chimera in the improvement of mulberry is discussed.
Abstract from the paper’s OpenAlex record, shown for indexing and research. Copyright remains with the authors or the publisher. Read at the source ↗
The text the model read, with the source record’s inline markup (italics, sub- and superscripts) rendered and its character entities decoded; quote offsets refer to the raw text.
Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Ploidal chimera (2n+4n) is uniformly distributed in the different vegetative parts of the chimeric mutant.
Verbatim
t0“Colchicine Induced Chimeric Mutant in Mulberry”
e1“Uniform distribution of ploidal chimera (2n+4n) was detected in different vegetative parts”
Claim · model-written summary
Meiosis in the chimeric mulberry plant was highly irregular.
Verbatim
t0“Colchicine Induced Chimeric Mutant in Mulberry”
e2“Meiosis in the chimeric plant was highly irregular”
Claim · model-written summary
The ploidal chimera persisted in vegetative clonal generations of the mulberry mutant.
Verbatim
t0“Colchicine Induced Chimeric Mutant in Mulberry”
e3“Persistence of chimera in vegetative clonal generations was observed”
Claim · model-written summary
The chimeric mutant showed distinct morphological changes.
Verbatim
t0“Colchicine Induced Chimeric Mutant in Mulberry”
e4“Distinct morphological changes along with an increase in phenol and a decrease in sugar content were observed in the mutant”
Claim · model-written summary
Phenol content increased in the chimeric mulberry mutant.
Verbatim
t0“Colchicine Induced Chimeric Mutant in Mulberry”
e4“Distinct morphological changes along with an increase in phenol and a decrease in sugar content were observed in the mutant”
Claim · model-written summary
Sugar content decreased in the chimeric mulberry mutant.
Verbatim
t0“Colchicine Induced Chimeric Mutant in Mulberry”
e4“Distinct morphological changes along with an increase in phenol and a decrease in sugar content were observed in the mutant”