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GENETIC DIVERGENCE IN BRINJAL Table 3. Percent contribution of characters towards diversity in Brinjal germplasm S.No Character Percent contribution 1 Plant height (cm) 0.23 2 Plant spread(cm 2 ) 43.62 3 Number of branches per plant 2.71 4 Days to 50% flowering 0.00 5 Number of flower clusters per plant 2.03 6 Number of flowers per cluster 0.00 7 Number of fruits per cluster 0.00 8 Fruit length (cm) 4.52 9 Fruit diameter (cm) 1.41 10 Fruit weight (g) 44.12 11 Number of fruits per plant 0.23 12 Shoot and fruit borer incidence on shoot (%) 0.00 13 Shoot and fruit borer incidence on fruit (%) 0.28 14 Yield/ plant (kg) 0.85 REFERENCES Bansal, S and Mehta, A. K. 2007. Genetic divergence in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) Haryana Journal of Horticultural Sciences 36(3/4): 319- 320. Mahalanobis, P. C. 1936. On the generalized distance in statistics. Proceedings of National Institute of Sciences, India 12: 49- 55. Nandan Mehta and Mayuri Sahu. 2009. Genetic divergence in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) International Journal of Plant Sciences, Muzaffarnagar 4(1): 123-124. Satesh Kumar, Singh, A. K, Sharma, J. P and Neerja Sharma. 2007. Genotype clustering in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) using D 2 statistic. Haryana Journal of Horticultural Sciences 36(1/2): 95-96. Sherly, J and Shanthi, A. 2007. Diversity studies in brinjal. Haryana Journal of Horticultural Sciences 36(1/2): 162-163. 86

LOKESH et al Table 4. Mean values of clusters for fourteen characters in 60 brinjal germplasm accessions 87

GENETIC DIVERGENCE IN BRINJAL<br />

Table 3. Percent contribution <strong>of</strong> characters towards diversity in Brinjal germplasm<br />

S.No Character Percent<br />

contribution<br />

1 Plant height (cm) 0.23<br />

2 Plant spread(cm 2 ) 43.62<br />

3 Number <strong>of</strong> branches per plant 2.71<br />

4 Days to 50% flowering 0.00<br />

5 Number <strong>of</strong> flower clusters per plant 2.03<br />

6 Number <strong>of</strong> flowers per cluster 0.00<br />

7 Number <strong>of</strong> fruits per cluster 0.00<br />

8 Fruit length (cm) 4.52<br />

9 Fruit diameter (cm) 1.41<br />

10 Fruit weight (g) 44.12<br />

11 Number <strong>of</strong> fruits per plant 0.23<br />

12 Shoot and fruit borer incidence on shoot (%) 0.00<br />

13 Shoot and fruit borer incidence on fruit (%) 0.28<br />

14 Yield/ plant (kg) 0.85<br />

REFERENCES<br />

Bansal, S and Mehta, A. K. 2007. Genetic divergence<br />

in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) Haryana<br />

<strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> Horticultural Sciences 36(3/4): 319-<br />

320.<br />

Mahalanobis, P. C. 1936. On the generalized distance<br />

in statistics. Proceedings <strong>of</strong> National Institute<br />

<strong>of</strong> Sciences, India 12: 49- 55.<br />

Nandan Mehta and Mayuri Sahu. 2009. Genetic<br />

divergence in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.)<br />

International <strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> Plant Sciences,<br />

Muzaffarnagar 4(1): 123-124.<br />

Satesh Kumar, Singh, A. K, Sharma, J. P and Neerja<br />

Sharma. 2007. Genotype clustering in brinjal<br />

(Solanum melongena L.) using D 2 statistic.<br />

Haryana <strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> Horticultural Sciences<br />

36(1/2): 95-96.<br />

Sherly, J and Shanthi, A. 2007. Diversity studies in<br />

brinjal. Haryana <strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> Horticultural<br />

Sciences 36(1/2): 162-163.<br />

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