Department of Botany, Patna University, Patna 800006.
* Present address: Bela Garden, Darbhanga, Bihar 846004.
Griseofulvin decreased survival of conidia, inhibited colonial growth, increased sectoring and induced haploid segregants in the heterozygous diploids of A. nidulans. It was also efficiently used for the mitotic mapping of para-fluorophenylalanine resistance maker.
Griseofulvin, haploidisation, mitotic mapping, Aspergillus, para-fluorophenylalanine (FPA)