Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry
Vol. 6, Issue 4 (2017)
Genetic divergence analysis in kabuli chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
Author(s):
M Aarif, NK Rastogi, PL Johnson and SK Yadav
Abstract:
Genetic diversity using Mahalanobis D² statistics was studied in 22 genotypes of
kabuli chickpea (
Cicer arietinum L.) for seed yield, its components and seed quality traits. The 22 genotypes were grouped into three clusters based on D² analysis. The cluster I and III were largest which consisted of 9 genotypes each and cluster II had 4 genotypes. The maximum inter-cluster distance was observed in between cluster II and III followed by cluster I and II whereas, cluster I and III with minimum distance. The maximum intra-cluster distance was observed in cluster II followed by cluster III and cluster I with minimum intra-cluster distances. The genotypes KAK-2 and HK-06-163 of cluster I having high seed yield per plant could be included in hybridization programme. The genotypes belonging to cluster II
viz., RVSSG-11, RVSSG-12, Phule G-09311 and phule G-09316 could be utilized as parents in future breeding programme.
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M Aarif, NK Rastogi, PL Johnson and SK Yadav. Genetic divergence analysis in kabuli chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). J Pharmacogn Phytochem 2017;6(4):1775-1778.