Assessment of Divergence in Soybean  (Glycine Max L. Merrill) Germplasm for Yield  Attributing Traits

K. K. PAWAR; S.K. YADAV; M.JARMAN; A.K.SINGH

Volume : II, Issue : X, October - 2013

Assessment of Divergence in Soybean (Glycine Max L. Merrill) Germplasm for Yield Attributing Traits

K. K. Pawar, S. K. Yadav, M. Jarman, A. K. Singh

Abstract :

42 soybean genotypes were evaluated for morphological characters to study the diversity pattern among the genotypes. The genotypes were grouped into 7 clusters. Maximum 13 genotypes were grouped in cluster IV followed by 10 in cluster I, 8 in cluster II, 5 in cluster IV, and 4 in cluster V the clusters III and VII are represented by single genotype. The ranges for Intra– cluster D2 values exhibited 0.00 to 774.50 and inter–cluster D2 values 898.25 to 15964.43. Indicating high degree of diversity among the genotypes. The Intra cluster distance is highest in cluster VI (774.50) and lowest by the cluster V (358.03). Highest inter cluster distance was noticed between cluster III and VII (15964.43) and the lowest was between cluster I and II (898.25). Considering all the characters, the genotype MACS 1201, SL 778 and MAUS 449 were identified as the best genotypes for grain yield