Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, College of Agriculture, Orrisa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Orissa – Pin 751 003, India
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Experiment was carried out to find out the most diverse clusters on the basis of dendrogram clustering taking 19 characters for observation, among 30 genotypes of gladiolus, grown over two successive years. The pooled data was analyzed for divergence study using numerical taxonomic approach. On the basis SG values genotypes were grouped into 12 clusters/subclusters. It may be concluded that intercrossing among genotypes included in diverse clusters is likely to produce potential hybrid which could be maintained and multiplied through asexual reproduction.
Gladiolus, similarity coefficient, UPGMA, clustering, dendrogram
