Microsporogenic analysis on some varieties of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni

Rukhshana praveen^a* & Kamini Kumar^a
a*University Department of Botany, Ranchi University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

Received, 10th December, 2013 :Revised: 25th January 2014

Abstract: In the present investigation microsporogenic studies were done in three varieties of Stevia rebaudiana . Meiotic analysis were done using young flower buds. Formation of eleven bivalents were recorded, which were regular in and rod shape. There was a negative correlation between bivalents in relation to inter chromosomal distribution of chiasmata.