Vol. 10, Issue 10 (2021)

Author(s):
K Sukumar, V Hemalatha, V Narsimha Reddy, D Srinivasa Chary and S Narender Reddy

Abstract:
The current study was carried out at College Farm, College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad with the objective to assess the genetic divergence among the selected Quality Protein Maize (QPM) genotypes during kharif, 2014. Maize is the staple food for many countries and hence, availability of nutritional rich maize is very important to avoid malnutrition among the rural poor. 31 quality protein maize genotypes were studied for diversity studies. Analysis of variance displayed significant differences for the characters under study. Based on Mahalanobis D2 analysis, the above genotypes were categorised into four clusters. The pattern of distribution of genotypes into various clusters revealed that there was no relationship between diversity and hybrid superiority.