STUDY ON GENETIC DIVERGENCE FOR SEED YIELD AND ITS CONTRIBUTING CHARACTERS IN FABA BEAN (VICIA FABA L.) GENOTYPES UNDER SEMI-ARID CONDITION

Harsh Chaurasia¹*, Rajesh Kumar Arya¹, Ravi Kumar², Reenu¹, Amit¹ and Raju Ram Choudhary¹

¹Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125004, Haryana, India

²Department of Chemistry, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125004, Haryana, India

Email: harshharyana1996@gmail.com

Received-25.03.2022, Revised-10.04.2022, Accepted-23.04.2022

Abstract: The experimental material was consisted of 53 genotypes of faba bean, raised in RBD design with three replications during rabi 2019-20 at Research Farm of MAP Crop Section, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, CCS HAU, Hisar. The results of analysis of variance indicated that the substantial genetic variability was present for seed yield and its contributing characters. The 53 genotypes were grouped into 6 clusters using Tocher’s method. The maximum intra- cluster D² value was recorded for cluster IV, which suggested that the cluster IV had maximum genetic heterogeneity among the genotypes presented in this cluster, whereas, the maximum inter- cluster D² value was recorded between cluster V (HB-24) and VI(HB-01), which indicated that the genotypes present in these clusters had highest genetic diversity. Therefore, these genotypes could be utilized in breeding program for the development of high yielding and nutritionally superior genotypes.

Keywords: Faba bean, Genetic diversity, Genetic variability, Tocher’s method

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