Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
Hemkumar, PK Joshi, Alice Tirkey and Kamini

Abstract:
The present experiment carried out during Kharif 2019-20 at the Herbal Instructional Garden of Research Cum Instructional Farm, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV), Raipur, Chhattisgarh using 28 genotypes of velvet bean including cultivated and wild species with three check variety viz. Arka Dhanwantari, Arka Ashwini, Arka Daksha. In D² analysis, four clusters are formed. In the first cluster, nine genotypes appeared. Highest inter-cluster distance recorded among cluster-I and cluster-IV. Inter-cluster distance is higher than intra-cluster distance means high genetic diversity present among clusters. The crossing of genotypes from various clusters will, therefore, help to obtain better recombinants with higher genetic variability for the different traits taken under study.