Genetic diversity and interrelationship among mulberry genotypes.
Fourteen morphometric traits were used to examine the genetic divergence of 25 mulberry (Morus spp.) genotypes from varied agroclimatic conditions of India. Wide variation was observed for all the traits. The genotypes irrespective of their place of collection were grouped into 10 different clusters. Seven accessions, that is, Baragura-2, Gorabandha-2, Kalimpong, Herbertpur, Kollegal, Resham majri-7, and UP-14 each a cluster of unique entries will be of useful for genetic resources. Nevertheless, the correlation and path analysis suggest the direct selection of lamina length, fresh leaf weight, leaf area, and single leaf weight will be rewarding for mulberry leaf yield improvement.
Banerjee
Rita
R
Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute, Berhampore 742101, India. ritanet04@yahoo.com
Roychowdhuri
Sukhen
S
Sau
Haradhan
H
Das
Bimal Kumar
BK
Ghosh
Pannalal
P
Saratchandra
Beera
B
D016000:Cluster Analysis; D017343:Genes, Plant; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D031625:Morus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D010641:Phenotype