Association and cluster analysis in elite genotypes of eggplant

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out in summer spring season of 2015. All the genotypes were grouped into seven clusters based on D2 values. The intra-cluster distances ranged from 0 to 3180.79. The members of cluster 2 and 1 were least divergent. The intra-cluster distance was minimum for cluster 3 and maximum in cluster 4. The maximum distance at inter cluster level was between cluster 4 and 3 followed by cluster 6 and 1 which may serve as a potential genotypes for hybridization programme.