Department of Vegetable Crops, Faculty of Horticulture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya Mohanpur, West Bengal 741 252
* Deptt. of Agril. Statistics, BCKV, Mohanpur
Twenty two genotypes of okra were evaluated for 13 fruit yield and other related characters to determine their genetic divergence. Following D2 analysis, the genotypes were grouped into 5 clusters with the highest of 16 genotypes in cluster I. Most of the genotypes were not much divergent based on character constellation but were highly variable for individual character. A genotype apprehended to be under the species other than A. esculentus showed the widest divergence and belonged to the separate cluster. On the basis of high yield, important yield components and fruit quality, 4 diverse and desirable genotypes (MDO-10, LORM-1, KS-410 and MDO-6) were selected. It is proposed that these genotypes may be involved in a multiple crossing programme to recover transgressive segregates with high genetic yield potential.
