Department of Vegetable Crops Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
Thirty five genotypes of brinjal were studied for genetic diversity in the rainy season of 2003 at the Vegetable Research Farm of the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. The genotypes were grouped into eleven clusters. The clustering was irrespective of geographic divergence. Therefore, for management of diversity in germplasm, the pattern obtained with cluster analysis may be the single most effective one. Three genotypes, viz. Punjab Sadabahar, Punjab Jamunigola and HP-14 exhibited maximum diversity from other genotypes and thus can effectively be used as one of the parent in hybrid breeding programme to exploit heterotic expressions for yield and other economic characters.
Genetic diversity, Brinjal, Hybrid breeding
