Vol. 1 (3) : May-June 2010 issue
Green Farming Vol. 1 (3) : 243-245 (May-June, 2010) (New Series)
Diversity analysis of restorer lines on three diverse cytoplasmic male sterility system in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.)
D. LAKSHMANA1
Regional Agricultural Research Station, Bijapur, UAS Campus, Dharwad - 586 101 (Karnataka)
Designation : 1Sr. Scientist (Plant Breeding)
Subject : Crop Genetics and Plant Breeding
Paper No. :
Total Pages : 3
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First Page
Citation :
D. LAKSHMANA. 2010. Diversity analysis of restorer lines on three diverse cytoplasmic male sterility system in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.). Green Farming Vol. 1 (3) : 243-245 ; May-June, 2010 (New Series)
ABSTRACT
Diversity analysis among sixty one restorers' lines identified on diverse cytoplasmic sources of pearl millet has been worked out using Mahalanobis D2 statistics. Based on D2 value, sixty one restorer's lines were grouped into 19 clusters. The D2 statistics showed adequate diversity among the genotypes with D2 value ranging from 23 to 1405. Among the twelve quantitative characters studied the most important character contributing to the divergence was days to maturity and the maximum diversity was observed between IP-8276 and IP-10839, followed by IP-8276 and IP-19388, IP-8276 and IP-18742.
Key words :
Cluster, D2 statistics, Genetic diversity, Pearl millet, Pennisetum glaucum, Restorers.
