Observation of albino seedlings from natural population of Erythropalum scandens Blume forms first record and this phenomenon insights much genetic significance to the species. Albinism being the cause of repeated self breeding and leads to possible extinction risk in plants especially if the species is isolated geographically. Therefore, such incidence warrants developing strategies for conservation of these species from its untimely endangerment.
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Manuscript Published on 01 June 2007
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