Classification and Selection of Representative Varieties of Eruca sativa Mill.

A total of 235 accessions of Eruca sativa Mill. (Taramira), including two checks were grown in augmented design for evaluation. Observations on 11 characters namely plant height; primary branches per plant, secondary branches per plant; main shoot length, number of siliqua on main shoot, siliqua length, number of seeds per siliqua, yield per plant, 1000-seed weight, oil content and protein content were recorded. Oil content and protein content together were also calculated for this study. Using principal component analysis, all the 235 accessions, were classified into nine clusters. Subjective classification of different characters between the clusters based on coefficient of variance was also done. It revealed that there are significant differences in the pattern of subjective classification of different characters between the clusters.