1Div. of Genetics, IARI, New Delhi
2Div. of Biochemistry, IARI, New Delhi
ICAR-Division of Vegetable Science, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012
*Corresponding author's E-mail: shridhar60@hotmail.com
Online published on 2 February, 2015.
Genetic diversity was studied among 28 garden pea genotypes with 16 RAPD primers which generated 79 (73.15%) polymorphic markers. The highest genetic similarity was estimated between AP 3 vs. Arkel and Arkel vs. Glossy (89%) and the lowest between VP 266 vs. VP-233 and GP 6 vs. GP 207 (43%). All the accessions were grouped into 6 clusters whose size varied from 1 to 16 genotypes. The cluster I included 11 early and 5 medium maturing genotypes. Hara Bona (tall and pulse type) was grouped separately in cluster III and VP266 in cluster VI and these two were highly divergent from other genotypes.
Vegetable pea, RAPD, genetic relatedness
