Morphological, physiological, cytological and phytochemical studies in diploid and colchicine-induced tetraploid plants of Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertn

Botanical Studies

Table 2 Comparisons of meiotic TII stage between the induced tetraploids and their corresponding diploid F. tataricum cultivars

Cultivar	Tetraploid			Diploid			t ^a	t ^b
Cultivar	Sum of cell	Abnormal cell frequency (%)	Micronucleus to cell ratio	Sum of cell	Abnormal cell frequency (%)	Micronucleus to cell ratio	t ^a	t ^b
Qianwei 2#	132	30.30	0.5000	112	5.36	0.0536	4.9645**	7.6190**
Jinku 2#	107	25.23	0.4486	107	4.67	0.0467	4.2171**	6.8096**
Chuanqiao 1#	140	18.57	0.3857	159	4.40	0.0440	3.9015**	7.3160**
Liuqiao 1#	194	28.87	0.4897	124	4.03	0.0403	5.4857**	8.4178**
Average		25.05	0.4494		4.45	0.0445