Green Global
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GENETIC DIVERGENCE IN BUCKWHEAT (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench.) (Pages : 60 - 68)

An experiment was conducted with 21local genotypes of buckwheat at the experimental field of Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Salna, Gazipur to study the variability and their interrelationship and diversity pattern based on quantitative and qualitative characters during the November 2004 to March 2005. Multivariate techniques were used to classify 21 buckwheat genotypes. All the genotypes were grouped into five different clusters. Cluster IV had the maximum (six) and cluster II had the minimum (one) genotype. The highest inter cluster distance was observed between I and II. The lowest inter cluster distance was found between the cluster III and V. Days to first germination, days to first flowering, first node distance from the soil level, plant height, branches per plant, inflorescence per plant, grains per raceme and total grains per plant were found to contribute maximum towards genetic divergence among the buckwheat genotypes. The clustering pattern of genotypes revealed that genotypes collected from the same places did not form a single cluster. Considering diversity pattern and other agronomic performance the genotypes G21, G9, G8 and G10 might be selected as promising genotypes for future hybridization program. Download