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has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Improving Growth Performance of Jatropha curcas by Inducing Polyploidy through Colchicine Treatment

  AUTHORS: Syed Amir Manzoor, Asim Riaz, Tanzeela Zafar, Muhammad Hassan, Hafiz Muhammad Imran Umar, Javed Hassan, Waseem Alam, Saleh Muhammad, Mudassir Mahmood, Hamza Sohail, Tanveer Aslam, Feehan Hassan, Fahim Abbas, Muhammad Faseeh Iqbal

  KEYWORDS: Jatropha, Polyploidy, Colchicine, Biofuel

  JOURNAL NAME: American Journal of Plant Sciences, Vol.7 No.6, April 14, 2016

  ABSTRACT: This study was planned to assess genetic variation in Jatropha curcas as affected by colchichine treatments. During the experiment, seeds of Jatropha curcas were collected from mature and healthy Jatropha plants and were soaked in different concentrations of colchicines. The second treatment was that of time of soaking (seeds were soaked in different concentrations for different time durations). The results clearly revealed that by increasing the concentration of colchicine treatment, parameters like stomatal density, and size of the guard cells were reduced.