KARYOLOGICAL STUDIES ON MYLLOCERUS UNDECIMPUNCT AT A MALE AND CYTOGENETIC EFFECTS OF 2-THIOPYRIMIDINE ON THE MALE GONAD CELLS
R. sandhu *
Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala
H. KAUR *
Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
This paper presents cytological data on Myllocerus undecimpunctata, a pest on cotton. Spermatogonial metaphases reveal 20 autosomes and 2 sex chromosomes. The treatment with Pyrimidine-2-Thiol reduces the fertility probably by disorting diplotene, thus it becomes imperative to suggest to control the pest by this chemical.