Selecting Accessions in Soybean Collection with High Diversity

The paper suggests a diversity efficient and computationally convenient procedure for selecting distinct accessions for breeding as well as core-set formation purpose. Soybean germplasm data comprising of 270 accessions, evaluated for seven important quantitative traits were used for the study. Thirty entries scoring the highest inertia values in individual clusters, when selected, resulted in highest pooled Shannon Diversity Index as well as coefficient of variability for individual characters.