Plant | Type of Polyploidy | Ploidy | Chromosome Number |
---|---|---|---|
Potato | Autopolyploid | 4n | 48 |
Banana | Autopolyploid | 3n | 33 |
Peanut | Autopolyploid | 4n | 40 |
Sweet potato | Autopolyploid | 6n | 90 |
Tobacco | Allopolyploid | 4n | 48 |
Cotton | Allopolyploid | 4n | 52 |
Wheat | Allopolyploid | 6n | 42 |
Oats | Allopolyploid | 6n | 42 |
Sugar cane | Allopolyploid | 8n | 80 |
Strawberry | Allopolyploid | 8n | 56 |
Source: After F. C. Elliot, Plant Breeding and Cytogenetics (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1958). |