Indian Society of Genetics & Plant Breeding
One hundred accessions (50 from India and 50 from exotic
sources) of grain amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus)
germplasm were grown in complete randomised block
design. Data were recorded on six quantitative and two
qualitative characters. Wide range of means was observed
for all the characters. All the genotypes irrespective of
their place of collection were grouped into 10 different
clusters. Clusters I, VII, VIII, IX and X had high genetic
distance with all other clusters. Correlation and path
analysis revealed the significance of inflorescence; length,
no. of leaves and plant height for selecting better yielding
genotypes
Keywords: Grain amaranth, protein, oil, genetic divergence, correlation, path analysis
Year: 2005
Volume: 65
Issue: 2
Article DOI: NA
Print ISSN: 0019-5200
Online ISSN: 0975-6906
J. C. Rana, S. K. Yadav, S. Mandal and Sangeeta Yadav info_circle
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