Karyological studies of two hot chilli pepper cultivars from two different geographical regions of India: Bhut jolokia, Capsicum chinense Jacq. and Bullet Lanka, Capsicum annuum L.

Nucleus (India)

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 227-233

  Haque, Sk Moquammel ^a   Paul, Subhabrata ^a   Ghosh, Biswajit ^a  

^a RAMAKRISHNA MISSION VIVEKANANDA CENTENARY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bhut jolokia; Capsicum; Cytology; Hot chilli peppers; Idiogram; Karyogram

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990246648     PISSN: 0029568X     EISSN: 09767975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13237-016-0180-5     Document Type: Article

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