Department of Plant Breeding, Haryana Agricultural University Hisar-125 004 (Haryana).
1Present Address: HAU Regional Research Station, Rawal-123 501, (Haryana).
Genetic divergence, as measured by Mahalanobis's D2 statistic, was studied in 48 genotypes with aset of 11 characters contributing towards seed yield in clusterbean. Significant differences were observed for all the characters under study. Based on D2 values, 48 genotypes were classified into nine clusters. The study also revealed that genetic divergence had less relevance to eco-geographical distribution of the varieties. Three genotypes viz., DSE 1J, Pusa Navbahar and HG 75 were most divergent and could be used in future breeding programme.
