Central Soil & Water Conservation Research & Training Institute, Dehradun-248195
The present studies were undertaken with a view to assess the genetic diversity for different morphophysiological traits and yield and yield components in barnyard millet. Clustering patterns of genotypes by different methods suggested that there was considerable genetic diversity among the lines. On the basis of D2 analysis, 18 genotypes could be grouped into eight clusters. Two genotypes viz. KE90 (Cluster V) and PRB 9402 (Cluster VIII) embodied the genes for earliness and higher yields, respectively and a hybridization programme between them can throw early maturing and high yielding segregants.
Barnyard millet (Echinochloa frumentacea), heat units, photothermal units, genetic divergence, D2 analysis
