Abstract:
Real root tips of white pitaya (Hylocereus undatus) as material, the chromosome preparation skill was improved by the wall digestion hypotonic method and the karyotype was analyzed. The results showed that the optimum chromosome preparation was achieved with root from the germination of seeds on coarse gravels, pretreated by the mixture of 0.2% colchicine and 0.002 mol/L 8-hydroxyquinoline for 1 h, and dissociated by 1 mol/L HCl for 13 min at 60%. The chromosome number of white pitaya is 2n =2x =22. The 22 chromosomes are all middle chromosome, so that the karyotype formula of white pitaya is 2n=2x=22=22m, belonging to 1A karyotype. The range of chromosome relative length is from 6.95%to 12.97%and the karyotype asymmetrical coefficient is 52.67%.