Vol. 2 (3) : May-June 2011 issue
Green Farming Vol. 2 (3) : 276-278 (May-June, 2011) (New Series)
Studies on genetic divergence in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill)
M.G. PARAMESHWAR1*, B. SUJATA2 and G.T. BASAVARAJA3
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad – 580 005 (Karnataka)
Designation : 1Res. Associate , 2Farm Manager, 3Breeder *Correspondence
Subject : Crop Genetics and Plant Breeding
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M.G. PARAMESHWAR, B. SUJATA and G.T. BASAVARAJA. 2011. Studies on genetic divergence in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill). Green Farming Vol. 2 (3) : 276-278 (May-June, 2011) (New Series)
ABSTRACT
Eighty-four genotypes comprising most of the released varieties along with some of the indigenous and exotic collections were studied for genetic divergence using Mahalanobis D2 statistic. The genotypes were grouped into five clusters. No linear relationship between geographic and genetic divergence was observed. Seed yield per plant contributed maximum to the total divergence. The maximum inter cluster distance was observed between cluster I and V. Selection of the genotypes from these cluster for hybridization programme may result into good recombinants.
Key words :
Clustermean, genetic divergence, Glycine max.
