Flow cytometer as tool to understand the variation in genome size among medicinal herbs and nonedible oil yielding trees of Northeast India

Abstract

The principal evolutionary processes of plant (speciation, new trait generation, invasion success of plant, domestication of crops, and community assembly) are governed by polyploidy. Hampering of population continuity is one of the major concerns in biodiversity conservation. However, the potential role of polyploidy in conservation of Zingiberaceae and nonedible oil yielding species of Northeast (NE) India is largely ignored. Here, we reviewed the potential role of polyploidy for understanding the conservation of Zingiberaceae and nonedible oil yielding species of NE India. Our work showed that the herbs are characterized by the higher level of ploidy whereas the trees were characterized by lower ploidy level.