Cytogenetic evaluation of chili (Capsicum spp., Solanaceae) genotypes cultivated in Valle del Cauca, Colombia
The genus Capsicum comprises a large group of hot and sweet peppers, with different morphological varieties and degree of fruits pungency. Due to its active principles is widely used in cooking and in traditional medicine, being sold in large worldwide. In order to provide cytogenetic information wh...
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author | Viviane de Souza Macedo Mario Augusto Garcia Davila Gisele Renata de Castro Yuri Marcela Garzón Bautista Creuci Maria Caetano |
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description | The genus Capsicum comprises a large group of hot and sweet peppers, with different morphological varieties and degree of fruits pungency. Due to its active principles is widely used in cooking and in traditional medicine, being sold in large worldwide. In order to provide cytogenetic information which supporting plant breeding programs, this study aimed to analyze the meiotic behavior, chromosome number and pollen viability of the three species of greater economic importance of Capsicum (C. annuum, C. frutescens and C. chinense). Therefore, fruits and flower buds were collected from the Experimental Center of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, campus Palmira- CEUNP to the corresponding mitotic, meiosis and pollen viability analysis. Plants presented different meiotic abnormalities, where all can disrupt the process of meiosis cell division, creating unbalanced chromosome numbers and varied pollen fertility. Chromosome number variation, checking 2n=2x=24, 2n=2x=26, 2n=4x=48 to 2n=6x=72 chromosomes also occurred. A low degree of non-viable pollen grains was observed for C. frutescens, so these accession should not considered as a parental for plant breeding programs. |
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spelling | doaj.art-3b2afd380f02417da798c15f79099d0f2022-12-22T01:26:17ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaActa Agronómica0120-28122323-01182017-10-0166461261710.15446/acag.v66n4.5916245824Cytogenetic evaluation of chili (Capsicum spp., Solanaceae) genotypes cultivated in Valle del Cauca, ColombiaViviane de Souza Macedo0Mario Augusto Garcia Davila1Gisele Renata de Castro2Yuri Marcela Garzón Bautista3Creuci Maria Caetano4IFRO- Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia de Rondônia, Campus Ariquemes - Brasil.Grupo de Investigación en Recursos Fitogenèticos Neotropicales–GIRFIN. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Palmira, ColombiaIFRO- Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia de Rondônia, Campus Ariquemes - Brasil.Grupo de Investigación en Recursos Fitogenèticos Neotropicales–GIRFIN. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Palmira, ColombiaGrupo de Investigación en Recursos Fitogenèticos Neotropicales–GIRFIN. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Palmira, ColombiaThe genus Capsicum comprises a large group of hot and sweet peppers, with different morphological varieties and degree of fruits pungency. Due to its active principles is widely used in cooking and in traditional medicine, being sold in large worldwide. In order to provide cytogenetic information which supporting plant breeding programs, this study aimed to analyze the meiotic behavior, chromosome number and pollen viability of the three species of greater economic importance of Capsicum (C. annuum, C. frutescens and C. chinense). Therefore, fruits and flower buds were collected from the Experimental Center of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, campus Palmira- CEUNP to the corresponding mitotic, meiosis and pollen viability analysis. Plants presented different meiotic abnormalities, where all can disrupt the process of meiosis cell division, creating unbalanced chromosome numbers and varied pollen fertility. Chromosome number variation, checking 2n=2x=24, 2n=2x=26, 2n=4x=48 to 2n=6x=72 chromosomes also occurred. A low degree of non-viable pollen grains was observed for C. frutescens, so these accession should not considered as a parental for plant breeding programs.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/acta_agronomica/article/view/59162Chromosome numbermeiotic behaviormeiotic indexplant genetic resources conservationploidy levelpollen viability |
spellingShingle | Viviane de Souza Macedo Mario Augusto Garcia Davila Gisele Renata de Castro Yuri Marcela Garzón Bautista Creuci Maria Caetano Cytogenetic evaluation of chili (Capsicum spp., Solanaceae) genotypes cultivated in Valle del Cauca, Colombia Acta Agronómica Chromosome number meiotic behavior meiotic index plant genetic resources conservation ploidy level pollen viability |
title | Cytogenetic evaluation of chili (Capsicum spp., Solanaceae) genotypes cultivated in Valle del Cauca, Colombia |
title_full | Cytogenetic evaluation of chili (Capsicum spp., Solanaceae) genotypes cultivated in Valle del Cauca, Colombia |
title_fullStr | Cytogenetic evaluation of chili (Capsicum spp., Solanaceae) genotypes cultivated in Valle del Cauca, Colombia |
title_full_unstemmed | Cytogenetic evaluation of chili (Capsicum spp., Solanaceae) genotypes cultivated in Valle del Cauca, Colombia |
title_short | Cytogenetic evaluation of chili (Capsicum spp., Solanaceae) genotypes cultivated in Valle del Cauca, Colombia |
title_sort | cytogenetic evaluation of chili capsicum spp solanaceae genotypes cultivated in valle del cauca colombia |
topic | Chromosome number meiotic behavior meiotic index plant genetic resources conservation ploidy level pollen viability |
url | https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/acta_agronomica/article/view/59162 |
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