Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, S.K.N. College of Agriculture, Jobner.
Genetic divergence or 99 lines or taramira (Eruca sativa Mill.) was assessed using Mahalanobis' D2 statistic. These lines could be grouped in 13 clusters. Grouping or lines in different clusters was not related to their geographic origin. Pods/plant, seed yield/plot, seed yield/plant and test weight contributed maximum towards total genetic divergence. Based on mean performance, genetic distance and clustering pattern, hybridization invohing parents RTM-136, 176, 91, 345 and 465 belonging to clusters III, VIII, X and XII may give higher yielding varieties.
Eruuca sativa, taramira, genetic divergence
