Cytogenetics of a spontaneous desynaptic mutant in chillies (Capsicum annuum L.)

In a population of local cultivar of chillies three desynaptic plants were isolated. Meiotic studies in the mutant plants and the normal showed reduced chiasma frequency and pollen fertility in the desynaptics. The desynaptic plants of the present study fits into weak and medium strong types. The mutant condition followed a monogenic pattern of inheritance. The earlier work on desynapsis and the present findings are compared and discussed.