Author: Rangaswami Ayyangar, K.
Title: Studies in the Cyto-Morphology and Cyto-Taxonomy of South Indian Cucurbitaceae
Description: Annamalainagar, Annamalai University, 1969. orig.boards, dustwrapper. (2),109,(44)pp, 24x18cm, Some tears to dustwrapper.. 21pp photo & diagram plates. Some wear. Flyleaf discoloration, Good. ¶ Contents: Introduction; Materials & Methods: Somatic Chromosomes; Meiosis; Giant Nuclei in the Cells of the Anther Trichomes of Trichosanthes palmata Roxb.; Megasporogenesis; Differential Epidermal Characters in the Dioecious Species; Some Statistical Differences in the Leaf Area Between the Staminate & Pistillate Individuals of the Dioecious Species; Discussion of Results: Secondary Association & its Relation to the Basic Chromosome Numbers & Phylogeny of Trichosanthes anguina Linn. T. palmata Roxb. Coccina indica W. & A. & Other Pieces; Correlation between Statellites, Nucleoli & Ploidy; Cytological Basis of Dioecism in the Family; Some Cyto-taxonomical Considerations.

Keywords: Botany, Plant Genetics, South Indian, Cucurbitaceae, India, Cytogenetics, Cytology, ,