Genetic diversity for seed and productivity traits in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

Abstract

The present investigation was conducted for assessing genetic divergence among eighty nine chickpea genotypesat College of Agriculture, Vijayapur campus during Rabi 2019.Based on D2 values, the genotypes were grouped intoseven clusters with highest inter cluster distance of 59.20 between Cluster I and VII. Cluster ranking, based on meansshowed Cluster IV at the top followed by Cluster II. With 72 genotypes, Cluster II was found to be largest, followed byCluster III (6 lines), Cluster I (5 lines), while Cluster IV and VII had only 2 genotypes each. Intra cluster distance washighest in Cluster II (14.43) followed by Cluster III (6.22) whereas, inter cluster distance, varied between 12.89 (Cluster IIand Cluster III) and 59.20 (Cluster I and Cluster VII)