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Plant Tissue Cult. 5(1) : 13-20, 1995

Nuclear Cytology of Callus of Forest tree : Cinnamomum zeylanicum

V. Ravishankar Rai

Department of Studies in Applied Botany, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006, India

Key words: Callus cytology, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Amitosis, Forest tree

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In Cinnamomum zeylanicum callus line, the proportion of diploid cells progressively decreased while that of polyploid slowly increased during a long term culture. The extract mechanism of polyploidization is not clearly understood. Some other variations, such as multinucleate condition, synchrony, amitosis and nuclear material migration were observed.

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