1Olericulture Division, Horticultural Research Centre (HRC), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gazipur - 1701.
2Plant Breeding Division, BARI, Gazipur.
3Soil and water management Section, HRC, BARI, Gazipur.
4Training and Communication Division, BARI, Gazipur.
*Corresponding author's. E-mail: ipmcrsp@bdcom.com
Genetically diverged twenty genotypes of cauliflower were grouped into five clusters. The intra-cluster value was maximum in cluster IV and minimum in cluster II. The inter-cluster distance was larger than the intra-cluster distance suggesting wider genetic diversity among the genotypes of different groups. The inter-cluster average D2 values indicated maximum distance between cluster I and IV followed by between I and III, and between I and V. Thus, the genetically diverged genotypes could be used as parents in hybridization programme for getting desirable segregants.
Cauliflower, genetic diversity, hybridization, nutrition
