Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources
  • Year: 1993
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 1

Genetic divergence in okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) moench)

  • Author:
  • S. U. Gondane1, G. Lal
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 47 to 52

G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar 263 145 (Uttar Pradesh).

1Present address: Assistant Professor of Horticulture, PKV, Akola 444104 (Maharashtra).

Abstract

Twenty genotypes of okra were grouped in nine constellations utilizing eleven characters by D2 statistics and canonical test. Clusters I and II comprised four and three genotypes respectively. The maximum divergence was observed between cluster VII (G-2 and HB-57) and and IX (Sel. I). G-2 was highly divergent from all other genotypes for plant height, HB-57 for earliness and Sel. I for number of pods per plant.

Keywords

Abelmoschus esculentus, genetic diversity, cluster analysis