BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences

Web of Science
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 1b

Genetic diversity studies in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

  • Author:
  • V.S. Parashi, D.B. Lad, L.B. Mahse, N.S. Kute, C.J. Sonawane
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 337 to 341

*NARP, Ganeshkhind, Pune

**Pulses Inprovement Project, MPKV, Rahuri

***Genetics and plant breeding, Dept. of Agril. Botany, MPKV, Rahuri

Department of Botany, PGI, MPKV, Rahuri

Online published on 28 February, 2013.

Abstract

Sixty chickpea genotypes were grouped into 13 clusters. The cluster I was the largest cluster with 33 genotypes. Highest inter-cluster distance was observed between cluster VII and cluster XIII (D2 =194.04) followed by cluster XI and XIII (D2 = 156.50), cluster VI and XIII (D2 = 130.64), cluster IV and XI (D2 = 119.46). Three characters viz. yield per plant (34.29%), stomatal conductance (27.97%), number of pods per plant (16.33%), contributed maximum genetic diversity. The genotypes Virat, Digvijay, Rajas, IC-269643, IC-268978, IC269257, Vijay were identified as genetically diverse parents, which can be utilized for future crop improvement programme.

Keywords

Chickpea, D2 analysis, genetic variability, inter cluster distance, intra cluster distance