Department of Botany, SSJ Campus Kumaun University, Almora, Uttarakhand–263 601.
Present paper is an embodiment of genetic divergence in 55 various cultivars of Oryza sativa L. for 15 characters. Based on these statistical studies, hybridization program between few varieties has been suggested in order to obtain superior segregants for high grain yield.
Oryza sativa, genetic variance, genetic distance, cluster pattern, hybridization
