Studies on genetic divergence for yield and its component traits in brinjal or egg plant (Solanum melongena L.)

Abstract

The analysis of variance for the design of experiment indicated highly significant differences among the genotypes for all the traits. Cluster and cluster II had eight highest number of genotypes followed by cluster III, IV and VI. The intra cluster D2 value I to cluster VI 74.86 (cluster V) to 169.6 (cluster). Maximum inter cluster distance was observed between cluster 1 to cluster VI (1527.7) suggested that cluster is genetically very diverse to each other. Cluster first showed maximum mean values for the fruits per plant, early yield per plant and yield per plant followed by cluster third.