Aninda Mandal and Animesh K. Datta*
Department of Botany, Cytogenetics and Plant Breeding Section, Kalyani University,
Kalyani – 741235, West Bengal, India
*Corresponding author e-mail: dattaanimesh@gmail.com
Abstract: Corchorus (Family: Tiliaceae) possessing more than 170 species are fibrous annual plants distributed in warm regions throughout the world. Corchorus capsularis L. (white jute) and C. olitorius L. (tossa jute) yields fibre of commerce (phloem fibre) from bark of the stem (commonly known as pat); while, few wild species found and grown in India are important genetic resources (C. trilocularis – abiotic stress tolerance, tolerant genotype to water inundation; C. pseudoolitorius and C. pseudocapsularis – fungal disease resistance; C. tridens, C. trilocularis and C. aestuans – fine fibre quality). India is an important producer of commercial jute and socio-economic significance is associated with the crop plant. With a view to fibre yielding importance of the cultivated species of Corchorus as well as considering the potentiality of wild members an updated overview is conducted only on cytological and cytogenetical (including plant type mutation) aspects to provide adequate necessary information to researchers interested in the field of conventional cytogenetics so that the methodology may be explored for effective utilization in crop improvement and human benefit.
Keywords: Corchorus, Overview, Cytology, Cytogenetics, Plant type mutation
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