Vol. 11, Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
Parmeshwar Yadav, SK Nag, RK Yadav and Ajay Tiwari

Abstract:
The present investigation was carried out to order to assess the genetic diversity in fifty-four soybean genotypes using Mahalonobis D² statistics. The present investigation comprised 54 genotypes, including three checks (AMS 2014-1, JS 20-116 and NRC 128) in a randomized complete block design with three replications during Kharif 2021. The experiment was conducted at the Research Cum Instructional Farm under the Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, IGKV, Raipur, C.G., The Cluster-II followed by Cluster-IV, Cluster-I, Cluster-III, Cluster-V and Cluster-VI, showed the maximum intra cluster distance hence belonging to this cluster could be utilized as parent in future breeding programme to get better recombinants. Maximum inter-cluster distance was recorded between Cluster-V with Cluster-VI, followed by between Cluster-IV with Cluster-V, Cluster-II with Cluster-V, Cluster-II with Cluster-VI, Cluster-I with Cluster-IV. Hence, it would be advisable to choose parents from these clusters having different gene pools for important genes to be combined in improved genotypes through hybridization programme.