MORPHOLOGY AND REPRODUCTION OF OOCYSTAENIUM ELEGANS GONZALVES ET MEHRA (CHLORELLALES, TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE, CHLOROPHYTA)

Authors

  • RICHA TANDON Department of Botany, S.S. Khanna Girls Degree College, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211003,India
  • KIRTIRAJE SINGH Department of Botany, C.M.P. Degree College, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002, India,
  • AMITA PANDEY Department of Botany, C.M.P. Degree College, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002, India,
  • RAMA KANT Department of Botany, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, 250001,
  • G. L TIWARI Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, 211002,

Keywords:

Autospores, Oocystaenium elegans, Sexual Reproduction

Abstract

The present study reports about the occurrence of Oocystaenium elegans being reported for the first time from northern part of India. It is shown that male and female cells can be identified only when they produce antherozoids and eggs and not on the basis of shape and size of cells. Nuclear stages observed by iron alum acetocarmine method indicated that uninucleate stage was never observed in vegetative cells, minimum number of nuclei was 16 in young autospores and maximum was 128 in male cells producing antherozoids. It appeared to be a rare alga and presently restricted to Indian sub-continent.

Published

2021-12-31

How to Cite

TANDON, R., SINGH, K., PANDEY, A., KANT, R., & TIWARI, G. L. (2021). MORPHOLOGY AND REPRODUCTION OF OOCYSTAENIUM ELEGANS GONZALVES ET MEHRA (CHLORELLALES, TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE, CHLOROPHYTA). The Journal of the Indian Botanical Society, 101(04), 374–379. Retrieved from https://jibs.mripub.com/index.php/JIBS/article/view/72

Issue

Vol. 101 No. 04 (2021): Journal of Indian Botanical Society

Section

Articles