Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012.
* Present address: Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur.
The experiment was conducted to study the nature and extent of genetic diversity and its relationship with ODAP content. The materials comprising of 16 low and 16 high seed ODAP group populations were grown in two separate field trials. Observations were recorded on days to 50% flowering, flowers/plant, flowering to maturity duration, plant height, branches/plant, pods/plant, pod length, seeds/pod, 100-seed weight, biomass/plant and seed yield. The data were subjected to multivariate D2 as well as canonical analyses. The results showed existence of considerable genetic diversity in both group of genotypes.
Lathyrus sativus, genetic diversity, ODAP content, multivariate analysis
